Water isotope expressions of intrinsic and forced variability in a coupled ocean-atmosphere model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Schmidt, Gavin A ^a   LeGrande, Allegra N ^a   Hoffmann, Georg ^b  

^a NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GASES; ICE; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; SALINITY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ANDES; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; GREENLAND; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34547627832     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007781     Document Type: Article

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