Sensitivity of Southern Hemisphere circulation to LGM and 4 × CO2 climates

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 965-970

  Rojas, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Southern Westerly WInds

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE CIRCULATION; SOUTHERN WESTERLY WINDS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; SIMULATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WAVE MODELING;

EID: 84876791978     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50195     Document Type: Article

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