Enhanced 20th-century heat transfer to the Arctic simulated in the context of climate variations over the last millennium

Climate of the Past

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2201-2213

  Jungclaus, J H ^a   Lohmann, K ^a   Zanchettin, D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FRAM STRAIT;

EID: 84918589268     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-10-2201-2014     Document Type: Article

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