Investigating the consistency between proxy-based reconstructions and climate models using data assimilation: A mid-Holocene case study

Climate of the Past

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2741-2757

  Mairesse, A ^a   Goosse, H ^a   Mathiot, P ^b   Wanner, H ^c   Dubinkina, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CIRCULATION MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WESTERLY;

NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 84890331060     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-9-2741-2013     Document Type: Article

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