Atmospheric general circulation models of the Jurassic
An atmospheric general circulation model (GCM) is used to simulate the climate of the Jurassic. It is found that the model gives first order agreement with geological data but that closer comparison is limited by uncertainties in the model and in the imposed boundary conditions. The model results su...
| Published in: | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
1993
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1993.0117 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1993.0117 |
| Summary: | An atmospheric general circulation model (GCM) is used to simulate the climate of the Jurassic. It is found that the model gives first order agreement with geological data but that closer comparison is limited by uncertainties in the model and in the imposed boundary conditions. The model results suggest that the relative warmth of high latitudes is strongly influenced by changing sea ice and cloud cover. The implied oceanic heat transports are surprisingly small. |
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