Simulation of long-term future climate changes with the green McGill paleoclimate model: The next glacial inception

Climatic Change

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 381-401

  Cochelin, Anne Sophie B ^a   Mysak, Lawrence A ^a   Wang, Zhaomin ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COMPLEXITY MODEL; GLACIAL INCEPTION; PALEOCLIMATE MODEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; PALEOCLIMATE;

EID: 33751503406     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-9099-1     Document Type: Article

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