Atmospheric response to modified CLIMAP ocean boundary conditions during the last glacial maximum

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 504-522

  Richard Toracinta, E ^a   Oglesby, Robert J ^b   Bromwich, David H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPICS;

LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM (LGM); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 1642270168     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<0504:ARTMCO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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