Comparison of mid-Pliocene climate predictions produced by the HadAM3 and GCMAM3 General Circulation Models

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 208-224

  Haywood, Alan M ^a   Chandler, Mark A ^b   Valdes, Paul J ^c   Salzmann, Ulrich ^d   Lunt, Daniel J ^c,d   Dowsett, Harry J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

BIOME 4; GCM; intercomparison; Plio MIP; Pliocene; PMIP

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BIOME; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD COVER; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA SET; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LAND COVER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 63349089935     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.12.014     Document Type: Article

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