A coupled climate model simulation of Marine Isotope Stage 3 stadial climate

Climate of the Past

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 649-670

  Brandefelt, J ^a   Kjellstrom E ^b   Naslund J O ^c   Strandberg, G ^b   Voelker, A H L ^d   Wohlfarth, B ^e  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH NUCLEAR FUEL AND WASTE MANAGEMENT CO   (Sweden)

^d LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EQUILIBRIUM; FRESHWATER INPUT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 79959540825     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-7-649-2011     Document Type: Article

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