Changes in atmospheric variability in a glacial climate and the impacts on proxy data: A model intercomparison

Climate of the Past

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 489-502

  Pausata, F S R ^a,b   Li, C ^a,b   Wettstein, J J ^a   Nisancioglu, K H ^a   Battisti, D S ^b,c  

^a BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 75749089969     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-5-489-2009     Document Type: Article

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