Global-scale energy and freshwater balance in glacial climate: A comparison of three PMIP2 LGM simulations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 5008-5033

  Murakami, Shigenori ^a   Ohgaito, Rumi ^a   Abe Ouchi, Ayako ^a,b   Crucifix, Michel ^c   Otto Bliesner, Bette L ^d  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HEAT TRANSFER; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VAPORS; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

ATLANTIC; ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPORS; DRY STATIC ENERGIES; FRESHWATER TRANSPORTS; GLACIAL CLIMATES; HADLEY CIRCULATIONS; HEAT TRANSPORTS; ICE SHEETS; INTENSITY CONTRASTS; LARGESCALE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUMS; LOWER TROPOSPHERES; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; MID LATITUDES; MODEL DEPENDENCIES; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEANS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; PALEOCLIMATE; POLEWARD ENERGY TRANSPORTS; SOUTHERN OCEANS; STATIONARY WAVES; SUBPOLAR GYRES;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY BALANCE; FRESHWATER INPUT; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OVERTURN; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 56349111497     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2104.1     Document Type: Article

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