The Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project (PlioMIP) Phase 2: Scientific objectives and experimental design

Climate of the Past

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 663-675

  Haywood, Alan M ^a   Dowsett, Harry J ^b   Dolan, Aisling M ^a   Rowley, David ^c   Abe Ouchi, Ayako ^d   Otto Bliesner, Bette ^e   Chandler, Mark A ^f   Hunter, Stephen J ^a   Lunt, Daniel J ^g   Pound, Matthew ^h   Salzmann, Ulrich ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^h NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ACQUISITION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; ICE SHEET; LAND SURFACE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84962616738     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-12-663-2016     Document Type: Article

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