Simulation of the last 21 000 years using accelerated transient boundary conditions

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 4377-4401

  Timm, Oliver ^a   Timmermann, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GLACIERS; GREENHOUSE GASES; SPECIFIC HEAT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCELERATED TRANSIENT MODEL SIMULATION; TIME-VARYING BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SIMULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34548511892     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4237.1     Document Type: Article

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