Atmospheric circulation anomalies due to 115 kyr BP climate forcing dominated by changes in the North Pacific Ocean

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 815-835

  Otieno, Francis O ^a   Bromwich, David H ^a,b   Oglesby, Robert ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

CCSM3; Inception; Laurentide Ice Sheet; North Pacific

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; COLD AIR; COOLING; GLACIATION; LAND SURFACE; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SNOW;

ARCTIC; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84856295977     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1138-6     Document Type: Article

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