On the state dependency of the equilibrium climate sensitivity during the last 5 million years

Climate of the Past

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1801-1823

  Kohler P ^a   De Boer, B ^b,c,d   Von Der Heydt, A S ^c   Stap, L B ^c   Van De Wal, R S W ^c  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; ICE SHEET; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RADIATIVE FORCING; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84952022342     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-11-1801-2015     Document Type: Article

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