Influence of Antarctic ice sheet lowering on the Southern Hemisphere climate: Modeling experiments mimicking the mid-Miocene

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 843-858

  Justino, F ^a   Marengo, J ^b   Kucharski, F ^c   Stordal, F ^d   Machado, J ^a   Rodrigues, M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 84895018327     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1689-9     Document Type: Article

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