Strong hemispheric coupling of glacial climate through freshwater discharge and ocean circulation

Nature

Volumn 430, Issue 7002, 2004, Pages 851-856

  Knutti, R ^a   Fluckiger J ^a   Stocker, T F ^a   Timmermann, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEA LEVEL;

BIPOLAR SEESAW; GLACIAL PERIODS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

FRESH WATER;

ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; LAST GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLIMATE; GREENLAND; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 4344696743     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02786     Document Type: Review

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