Uncertainties in the modelled CO2 threshold for Antarctic glaciation

Climate of the Past

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 451-466

  Gasson, E ^a,b   Lunt, D J ^a   Deconto, R ^b   Goldner, A ^c   Heinemann, M ^d   Huber, M ^c,h   Legrande, A N ^e   Pollard, D ^f   Sagoo, N ^a   Siddall, M ^a   Winguth, A ^g   Valdes, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^h University of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84896124524     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-10-451-2014     Document Type: Article

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