Greenland accumulation and its connection to the large-scale atmospheric circulation in ERA-Interim and paleoclimate simulations

Climate of the Past

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2433-2450

  Merz, N ^a   Raible, C C ^a   Fischer, H ^a   Varma, V ^b   Prange, M ^b   Stocker, T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; WINTER;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND;

EID: 84887224234     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-9-2433-2013     Document Type: Article

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