Multistability and hysteresis in the climate-cryosphere system under orbital forcing

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Calov, Reinhard ^a   Ganopolski, Andrey ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLIMATE-CRYOSPHERE SYSTEM; ICE-SHEET DYNAMICS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HYSTERESIS; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; ORBITAL FORCING;

EID: 29344455164     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024518     Document Type: Article

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