Weichselian Late Pleniglacial surface winds over northwest and central Europe: A model-data comparison

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 281-293

  Renssen, Hans ^a   Kasse, C ^a   Vandenberghe, J ^a   Lorenz, S J ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aeolian features; Climate model; Northwest and central Europe; Weichselian Late Pleniglacial; Wind direction

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SURFACE WIND; WEICHSELIAN; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 33947281015     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1038     Document Type: Review

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