Regional climate model simulations for Europe at 6 and 0.2 k BP: Sensitivity to changes in anthropogenic deforestation

Climate of the Past

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 661-680

  Strandberg, G ^a,b   Kjellstrom E ^a,b   Poska, A ^c,e   Wagner, S ^d   Gaillard, M J ^e   Trondman, A K ^e   Mauri, A ^f   Davis, B A S ^f   Kaplan, J O ^f   Birks, H J B ^g,h   Bjune, A E ^g   Fyfe, R ⁱ   Giesecke, T ^j   Kalnina, L ^k   Kangur, M ^l   Van Der Knaap, W O ^m   Kokfelt, U ^c,e,n   Kunes P ^o   Lataowa, M ^p   Marquer, L ^e   Mazier, F ^c,q   Nielsen, A B ^c,e   Smith, B ^c   Seppa H ^r   Sugita, S ^l   more..

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^g BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^l TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^o CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^p UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^q UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^r UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DEFORESTATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HOLOCENE; LAND USE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84897427235     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-10-661-2014     Document Type: Article

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