Climate model benchmarking with glacial and mid-Holocene climates

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 671-688

  Harrison, S P ^a,b   Bartlein, P J ^c   Brewer, S ^d   Prentice, I C ^a,e   Boyd, M ^f   Hessler, I ^a,g   Holmgren, K ^f   Izumi, K ^c   Willis, K ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate sensitivity; Climate model evaluation; Last Glacial Maximum; Mid Holocene monsoons; Palaeoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; COOLING; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA SURFACE; WINTER;

EURASIA;

EID: 84905114514     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1922-6     Document Type: Article

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