True to milankovitch: Glacial inception in the new community climate system model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2226-2239

  Jochum, Markus ^a   Jahn, Alexandra ^a   Peacock, Synte ^a   Bailey, David A ^a   Fasullo, John T ^a   Kay, Jennifer ^a   Levis, Samuel ^a   Bette, Otto Bliesner ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate models; Clouds; Ice age; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC CLOUDS; ATMOSPHERIC HEAT; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; EQUILIBRIUM SOLUTIONS; FULLY-COUPLED; ICE AGE; LAST GLACIAL INCEPTION; MERIDIONAL HEAT TRANSPORTS; MILANKOVITCH; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENTS; NORTHERN CANADA; NORTHWEST PASSAGE; OCEAN HEAT TRANSPORT; ORBITAL FORCING; SIBERIA; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS;

CLOUDS; FEEDBACK; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HEAT TRANSFER; SEA ICE; SNOW;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAT BUDGET; ORBITAL FORCING; PLEISTOCENE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 84858257287     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00044.1     Document Type: Article

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