Mechanisms and time scales of glacial inception simulated with an Earth system model of intermediate complexity

Climate of the Past

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-258

  Calov, R ^a   Ganopolski, A ^a   Kubatzki, C ^a   Claussen, M ^b,c  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOSPHERE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIOLOGY; ICE SHEET; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORBITAL FORCING;

EID: 71449094602     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-5-245-2009     Document Type: Article

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