An evaluation of two spatial interpolation techniques in global sea-surface temperature reconstructions: Last Glacial Maximum and Pliocene case studies

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 1041-1051

  Taylor, Steve P ^a   Haywood, Alan M ^b   Valdes, Paul J ^c   Sellwood, Bruce W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d School of Human and Environmental Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERPOLATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE SYSTEM; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERPOLATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLIOCENE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 2342504049     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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