Palaeoclimatic insights into future climate challenges

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1810, 2003, Pages 1831-1849

  Alley, Richard B ^a   Marotzke, J ^b   Harrison, M ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Hadley Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abrupt climate change; Climate sensitivity; Global warming; Last Glacial Maximum; Palaeoclimatology; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141888837     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2003.1236     Document Type: Conference Paper

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