Simulation of the role of solar and orbital forcing on climate

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1629-1634

  Cubasch, Ulrich ^a   Zorita, Eduardo ^b   Kaspar, Frank ^c   Gonzalez Rouco, Jesus F ^d   Storch, Hans von ^b   Prömmel, Kerstin ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate simulation; Coupled climate models; Eemian; Orbital parameters; Solar variability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET); EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ORBITS;

CLIMATE SIMULATION; COUPLED CLIMATE MODELS; EEMIAN; ORBITAL PARAMETERS; SOLAR VARIABILITY;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 33646830278     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.04.076     Document Type: Article

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