Sea-ice dynamics strongly promote Snowball Earth initiation and destabilize tropical sea-ice margins

Climate of the Past

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2079-2092

  Voigt, A ^a   Abbot, D S ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; BIFURCATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; EVAPORATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLACIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE COVER; MELTING; PALEOCLIMATE; PROTEROZOIC; SEA ICE; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84873858981     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-8-2079-2012     Document Type: Article

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