The Initiation of Modern ‘‘Soft Snowball’’ and ‘‘Hard Snowball’’ Climates in CCSM3. Part II: Climate Dynamic Feedbacks

This study investigates the climate dynamic feedbacks during a transition from the present climate to the extremely cold climate of a ‘‘Snowball Earth’’ using the Community Climate System Model, version 3 (CCSM3). With the land–sea distribution fixed to modern, it is found that by reducing solar lum...

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