Global monsoons in the mid-Holocene and oceanic feedback

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 157-182

  Liu, Z ^a   Harrison, S P ^b   Otto Bliesner, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 2342613622     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-003-0372-y     Document Type: Article

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