The impact of atmospheric and oceanic heat transports on the sea-ice-albedo instability during the Neoproterozoic

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 293-306

  Donnadieu, Y ^a   Ramstein, G ^a   Fluteau, F ^b   Roche, D ^a   Ganopolski, A ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CARBON DIOXIDE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAT TRANSFER; PALEOCLIMATE; PROTEROZOIC; RODINIA; SEA ICE;

EID: 2142764020     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-003-0378-5     Document Type: Article

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