High levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide necessary for the termination of global glaciation

Nature

Volumn 429, Issue 6992, 2004, Pages 646-649

  Pierrehumbert, Raymond T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SNOW;

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; DEGLACIATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; SNOW;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLACIATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROTEROZOIC;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; CLOUD; DEGLACIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GLACIER; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GLOBAL GLACIATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODEL; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

EID: 3042678377     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02640     Document Type: Article

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