The initiation of modern soft and hard Snowball Earth climates in CCSM4

Climate of the Past

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 907-918

  Yang, J ^a,b   Peltier, W R ^b   Hu, Y ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; FROZEN GROUND; GLACIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; PROTEROZOIC; SEA ICE; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84859977062     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-8-907-2012     Document Type: Article

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