Late quaternary climates
Subtitle: data synthesis and model experiments
By: guest editor T. Webb
Series: Quaternary science reviews -- v. 17, no. 6-7
Publisher: Pergamon
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 688
Subjects: Paleoclimatology; Simulation methods
Notes: "June-July 1998"--P. [2] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to "Late Quaternary climates: data syntheses and model experiment" /T. Webb and J.E. Kutzbach.; title: Climate and biome simulations for the past 21,000 years /J. Kutzbach ... [et al.].; title: The impact of ice sheets, CO2, and orbital insolation on Late Quaternary climates: sensitivity experiments with a general circulation model /B. Felzer, T. Webb and R.J. Oglesby.; title: Evaluation of modelled regional water balance using lake status data: a comparison of 6 ka simulations with the NCAR CCM /B. Qin, S.P. Harrison and J.E. Kutzbach.; title: Paleoclimate simulations for North America over the past 21,000 years: features of the simulated climate and comparisons with paleoenvironmental data /P.J. Bartlein ... [et al.].; title: Late Quaternary climate change in Eastern North America: a comparison of pollen-derived estimates with climate model results /T. Webb ... [et al.].; title: Applying plant functional types to construct biome maps from Eastern North American pollen data: comparisons with model results /J.W. Williams, R.L. Summers and T. Webb, III.; title: Simulated climate and biomes of Africa during the Late Quaternary: comparison with pollen and lake status data /D. Jolly ... [et al.].; title: The climate and and biomes of Europe at 6000 yr BP: comparison of model simulations and pollen-based reconstruction /I.C. Prentice ... [et al.].; title: A preliminary mapped summary of Holocene pollen data for Northeast China /G. Ren and L. Zhang.