The last glacial cycle: Transient simulations with an AOGCM

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 1545-1559

  Smith, Robin S ^a   Gregory, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MELTWATER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OVERTURN; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84862829827     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1283-y     Document Type: Article

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