Climates of the Earth and Cryosphere Evolution

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 32, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 329-350

  Ramstein, Gilles ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Climate cryosphere modelling; Onset of ice sheets; Paleoclimate; Thermal regulation

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ATMOSPHERIC CO; ATMOSPHERIC LEVELS; CARBON CYCLES; CLIMATE/CRYOSPHERE MODELLING; CRYOSPHERE; DIFFERENT PROCESS; GLACIAL PERIOD; GLOBAL COOLING; GREENLAND; ICE SHEET; INTERGLACIALS; ONSET OF ICE SHEETS; PALEOCLIMATES; SOLAR-LUMINOSITY; THERMAL REGULATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EARTH (PLANET); GALLIUM; GLACIERS;

ICE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; CRYOSPHERE; ICE SHEET; INTERGLACIAL; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 80053211686     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-011-9140-4     Document Type: Article

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