The challenge of simulating the warmth of the mid-Miocene climatic optimum in CESM1

Climate of the Past

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 523-536

  Goldner, A ^a,d   Herold, N ^c   Huber, M ^b,c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DATING METHOD; LATITUDE; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SIMULATION;

EID: 84896283739     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-10-523-2014     Document Type: Article

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