Pliocene Ice Sheet Modelling Intercomparison Project (PLISMIP) - Experimental design

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 963-974

  Dolan, A M ^a   Koenig, S J ^b   Hill, D J ^a,c   Haywood, A M ^a   Deconto, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; ICE SHEET; PLIOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84881191107     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-5-963-2012     Document Type: Article

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