Climate model sensitivity to atmospheric CO2 levels in the Early-Middle Paleogene

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 113-123

  Shellito, Cindy J ^a   Sloan, Lisa C ^a   Huber, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Climate; Greenhouse gases; Paleoclimatology; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; GREENHOUSE GAS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGENE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037377428     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00718-6     Document Type: Article

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