Mid-Pliocene East Asian monsoon climate simulated in the PlioMIP

Climate of the Past

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2085-2099

  Zhang, R ^a   Yan, Q ^b   Zhang, Z S ^b,c   Jiang, D ^a,b   Otto Bliesner, B L ^d   Haywood, A M ^e   Hill, D J ^e,f   Dolan, A M ^e   Stepanek, C ^g   Lohmann, G ^g   Contoux, C ^h,i   Bragg, F ^j   Chan, C L ^k   Chandler, M A ^l   Jost, A ⁱ   Kamae, Y ^m   Abe Ouchi, A ^k,n   Ramstein, G ^h   Rosenbloom, N A ^d   Sohl, L ^l   Ueda, H ^m   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^g ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

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

ⁱ SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^l NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

ⁿ JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MONSOON; PLIOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; WIND PROFILE;

CHINA; FAR EAST;

EID: 84883729043     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-9-2085-2013     Document Type: Article

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