Some mechanisms of mid-Holocene climate change in Europe, inferred from comparing PMIP models to data

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-98

  Bonfils, C ^a   de Noblet Ducoudre N ^a   Guiot, J ^b   Bartlein, P ^c  

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

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 4544229658     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-004-0425-x     Document Type: Article

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