Reconstructing glacier-based climates of LGM Europe and Russia - Part 1: Numerical modelling and validation methods

Climate of the Past

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 235-248

  Allen, R ^a,c   Siegert, M J ^b   Payne, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Landmark Information Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLACIER; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION;

ALPS; CAUCASUS; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; PYRENEES; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 56749109890     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-4-235-2008     Document Type: Article

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