Sea ice led to poleward-shifted winds at the Last Glacial Maximum: The influence of state dependency on CMIP5 and PMIP3 models

Climate of the Past

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2241-2253

  Sime, Louise C ^a   Hodgson, Dominic ^a   Bracegirdle, Thomas J ^a   Allen, Claire ^a   Perren, Bianca ^a   Roberts, Stephen ^a   De Boer, Agatha M ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HEAT FLUX; JET STREAM; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA ICE; WESTERLY; WIND VELOCITY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 85006979599     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-12-2241-2016     Document Type: Article

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