Huascaran δ18O as an indicator of tropical climate during the Last Glacial Maximum

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1345-1348

  Pierrehumbert, R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RUNOFF; SEA ICE; DISTILLATION; SURFACE WATERS;

LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CLIMATOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ANNUAL MEAN; ATMOSPHERIC WATER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MOUNTAIN GLACIERS; RAYLEIGH DISTILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TROPICAL CLIMATES;

EID: 0032636771     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900183     Document Type: Article

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