Eccentric and high-obliquity habitable planets with GCM

GCM simulation of habitable planets on eccentric orbits and with high obliquities.

Linsenmeier et al. "Habitability of Earth-like planets with high obliquity and eccentric orbits: results from a general circulation model"
http://arxiv.org/abs/1401.5323

For circular orbits, results tend to be in agreement with energy-balance models. For high eccentricities, the differences are larger.