Model intercomparison for the present day, the mid-Holocene, and the Last Glacial Maximum over western Europe

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Hoar, Mark R ^a   Palutikof, Jean P ^a   Thorne, Mike C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global circulation models; Last Glacial Maximum; Mid Holocene; Model intercomparison; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TRANSECT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3042790231     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JD004161     Document Type: Article

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