On the importance of initial conditions for simulations of the Mid-Holocene climate

Climate of the Past

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-97

  Renssen, H ^a   Driesschaert, E ^b   Loutre, M F ^b   Fichefet, T ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HOLOCENE; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; SIMULATION;

EID: 33748869143     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-2-91-2006     Document Type: Article

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