Optimal tuning of a GCM using modern and glacial constraints

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 705-719

  Gregoire, Lauren J ^a   Valdes, Paul J ^a   Payne, Antony J ^a   Kahana, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GCM; Last glacial maximum; Latin hypercube sampling; Palaeo proxies; Sea surface temperatures; Tuning

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 79961015803     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0934-8     Document Type: Article

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