What have we learnt from palaeoclimate simulations?

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 363-385

  Harrison, Sandy P ^a   Bartlein, Patrick J ^b   Prentice, I Colin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate reconstruction; CMIP5; forward modelling; palaeoclimate modelling; palaeoenvironmental data synthesis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84975260985     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2842     Document Type: Article

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