A tropical mechanism for Northern Hemisphere deglaciation
[1] We investigate the role of the tropics in the melting and reforming of the Laurentide ice sheet on glacial timescales using an atmospheric general circulation model. It is found that warming of tropical sea surface temperatures (SSTs) from glacial boundary conditions, as observed at the end of g...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2003
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