The impact of precession changes on the Arctic climate during the last interglacial-glacial transition

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 285-304

  Khodri, Myriam ^a   Cane, Mark A ^a   Kukla, George ^a   Gavin, Joyce ^a   Braconnot, Pascale ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Arctic Climate; Glaciations; Insolation; Milankovitch; Ocean atmosphere interactions; Paleoclimatology; Precession

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC MELT PROCESS; ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; OCEAN ATMOSPHERE GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (OAGCM);

CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; MELTING; MOISTURE; SEA ICE; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION; SPRINGS (WATER);

ARCTIC ENGINEERING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; INSOLATION; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECESSION;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

EID: 22244448998     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.05.011     Document Type: Article

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