Simulated winter circulation types in the North Atlantic and European region for preindustrial and glacial conditions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Hofer, D ^a   Raible, C C ^a   Merz, N ^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

SEA LEVEL;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; NORTH ATLANTIC; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; PREINDUSTRIAL CIRCULATION; WINTER CIRCULATION; ZONAL PATTERNS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA LEVEL; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EUROPE;

EID: 84864683489     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052296     Document Type: Article

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