Impacts of land surface properties and atmospheric CO2 on the Last Glacial Maximum climate: A factor separation analysis

Climate of the Past

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-202

  Henrot, A J ^a   Francois L ^a   Brewer, S ^a,b   Munhoven, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; ICE SHEET; LAND SURFACE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EURASIA;

EID: 75749121816     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-5-183-2009     Document Type: Article

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