Greenland during the last interglacial: The relative importance of insolation and oceanic changes

Climate of the Past

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1907-1918

  Pedersen, Rasmus A ^a,b   Langen, Peter L ^b   Vinther, Bo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; EEMIAN; ENERGY BALANCE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ICE COVER; ICE SHEET; INSOLATION; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MASS BALANCE; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA ICE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WARMING;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84989220565     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-12-1907-2016     Document Type: Article

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