Modeling the miocene climatic optimum. Part I: Land and atmosphere

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 6353-6373

  Herold, N ^a   Huber, M ^b   Muller R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Climate change

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; CONTROL SIMULATION; ENERGY BUDGETS; GLOBAL-MEAN TEMPERATURE; HADLEY CIRCULATION; MERIDIONAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; MIDDLE MIOCENE; MIOCENE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OCEAN HEAT TRANSPORT; POLAR STRATOSPHERE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STORM TRACK; SUBTROPICAL JET;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; SOLAR RADIATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; HADLEY CELL; JET STREAM; MIOCENE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; RECONSTRUCTION; STORM TRACK; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 84155175746     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI4035.1     Document Type: Article

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