Major features and forcing of high-latitude northern hemisphere atmospheric circulation using a 110,000-year-long glaciochemical series

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C12, 1997, Pages 26345-26366

  Mayewski, Paul A ^a,b   Meeker, Loren D ^a,b   Twickler, Mark S ^a   Whitlow, Sallie ^a   Yang, Qinzhao ^a,b   Lyons, W Berry ^c   Prentice, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE FORCING; GISP2; GLACIOCHEMICAL SERIES; INSOLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALAEOCLIMATE;

EID: 0031448732     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC03365     Document Type: Article

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