Holocene climate variability as derived from alkenone sea surface temperature and coupled ocean-atmosphere model experiments

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 215-227

  Rimbu, N ^a   Lohmann, G ^a,d   Lorenze, S J ^b   Kim, J H ^a   Schneider, R R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENONE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 4544310283     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-004-0435-8     Document Type: Article

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