Interhemispheric coupling, the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and warm Antarctic interglacials

Climate of the Past

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 431-443

  Holden, P B ^a   Edwards, N R ^a   Wolff, E W ^b   Lang, N J ^b   Singarayer, J S ^c   Valdes, P J ^c   Stocker, T F ^d  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGLACIATION; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET; INTERGLACIAL; MELTWATER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 77954728493     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-6-431-2010     Document Type: Article

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