Evaluating the dominant components of warming in Pliocene climate simulations

Climate of the Past

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 79-90

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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

^e CNRS   (France)

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

^g GISS ^*  (United States)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^k BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^l INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^m JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALBEDO; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENERGY BALANCE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; SEA ICE;

EID: 84892608937     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-10-79-2014     Document Type: Article

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