Post-Eemian glacial inception. Part I: The impact of summer seasonal temperature bias

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 889-911

  Vettoretti, G ^a   Peltier, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OXYGEN; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION;

GLACIAL INCEPTION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELING; EEMIAN; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141632967     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0889:PEGIPI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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