Calendar effect on phase study in paleoclimate transient simulation with orbital forcing

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 1949-1960

  Chen, Guang Shan ^a,b   Kutzbach, J E ^b   Gallimore, R ^b   Liu, Zhengyu ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Calendar effect; Orbital forcing; Phase study; Transient simulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; HEAT CAPACITY; MONSOON; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECESSION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUMMER;

EID: 80355146243     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0944-6     Document Type: Article

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