The role of oceans and sea ice in abrupt transitions between multiple climate states

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2862-2879

  Rose, Brian E J ^a   Ferreira, David ^b   Marshall, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT TRANSITION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ICE-FREE CONDITIONS; IRREVERSIBLE CHANGES; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; MODEL CONFIGURATION; OCEAN CIRCULATION; RADIATIVE FORCINGS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

SEA ICE;

ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA ICE; TIMESCALE; WARMING;

EID: 84877641946     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00175.1     Document Type: Article

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