Considerable model-data mismatch in temperature over China during the Mid-Holocene: Results of PMIP simulations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4135-4153

  Jiang, Dabang ^a   Lang, Xianmei ^a   Tian, Zhiping ^a   Wang, Tao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL WINTERS; CLIMATE CONDITION; COUPLED MODELS; INTERCOMPARISONS; MULTI PROXIES; PALEOCLIMATES; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; SEASONAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES; VEGETATION EFFECTS;

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

CHINA;

EID: 84865165322     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00231.1     Document Type: Article

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