The impact of different glacial boundary conditions on atmospheric dynamics and precipitation in the North Atlantic region

Climate of the Past

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 935-949

  Hofer, D ^a   Raible, C C ^a   Dehnert, A ^b   Kuhlemann, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Hauptabteilung fur die Sicherheit der Kernanlagen HSK   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLACIER; JET STREAM; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WEICHSELIAN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84861624836     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-8-935-2012     Document Type: Article

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