Modeling the middle Pliocene climate with a global atmospheric general circulation model

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1-14

  Jiang, Dabang ^a   Wang, Huijun ^a   Ding, Zhongli ^b   Lang, Xianmei ^a   Drange, Helge ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

EID: 24944480648     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005639     Document Type: Article

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