Mid-Holocene orbital forcing of regional-scale climate: A case study of Western North America using a high-resolution RCM

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2927-2937

  Diffenbaugh, Noah S ^a   Sloan, Lisa C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SYSTEMS; ORBITAL FORCING; REGIONAL-SCALE CHANGES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; EVAPORATION; HOLOCENE; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344586764     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2927:MOFORC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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