Mid-Holocene East Asian summer climate as simulated by the PMIP2 models

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 288, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 93-102

  Tao, Wang ^a,b,c   Huijun, Wang ^a,b   Dabang, Jiang ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Data model comparison; East Asia; Mid Holocene; Model

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CIRCULATION MODELING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77649237490     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.01.034     Document Type: Article

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