The effect of ocean dynamics in a coupled GCM simulation of the last glacial maximum

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 203-218

  Hewitt, C D ^a   Stouffer, R J ^b   Broccoli, A J ^b   Mitchell, J F B ^a   Valdes, Paul J ^c  

^a Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research   (United Kingdom)

^b NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

EID: 0037279402     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-002-0272-6     Document Type: Article

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