Evaluation of climate models using palaeoclimatic data

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 417-424

  Braconnot, Pascale ^a   Harrison, Sandy P ^b   Kageyama, Masa ^a   Bartlein, Patrick J ^c   Masson Delmotte, Valerie ^a   Abe Ouchi, Ayako ^d   Otto Bliesner, Bette ^e   Zhao, Yan ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; RAINFALL; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84861692463     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1456     Document Type: Review

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