An initial intercomparison of atmospheric and oceanic climatology for the ICE-5G and ICE-4G models of LGM paleotopography

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-14

  Justino, F ^a   Timmermann, A ^b   Merkel, U ^c   Peltier, W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE ANOMALIES; CLIMATE SIMULATION; COUPLED MODELS; DATA SETS; DYNAMICAL STATE; ENHANCED COOLING; GLOBAL CLIMATES; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; ICE MODEL; ICE SHEET; INTERCOMPARISONS; LAND SURFACE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; SEA-SURFACE CONDITIONS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; SEA ICE; SOLAR RADIATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CLIO;

EID: 33845649796     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3603.1     Document Type: Article

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