Role of tropics in changing the response to Milankovich forcing some three million years ago

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Philander, S George ^a   Fedorov, Alexey V ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

El Ni o; Glacial cycles; Milankovich cycles; Ocean atmosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE FORCING; EL NINO; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 0142090457     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002PA000837     Document Type: Article

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