Southern westerlies in LGM and future (RCP4.5) climates

Climate of the Past

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 517-524

  Chavaillaz, Y ^a   Codron, F ^a   Kageyama, M ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE COVER; ICE SHEET; JET STREAM; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA ICE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERLY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84881162101     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-9-517-2013     Document Type: Article

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