Synergistic feedbacks from ocean and vegetation on the African monsoon response to mid-Holocene insolation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2481-2484

  Braconnot, P ^a   Joussaume, S ^a   Marti, O ^a   De Noblet, N ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MOISTURE; RAIN; RUNOFF; TROPICS; VEGETATION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

AFRICAN MONSOON RESPONSE; MID HOLOCENE INSOLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; AFRICAN MONSOONS; FLUX CORRECTIONS; HOLOCENE INSOLATION; MOISTURE ADVECTION; MONSOON RAINFALL; OCEAN ATMOSPHERE GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; SYNERGISTIC INTERACTION; VEGETATION FEEDBACKS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; VEGETATION;

AFRICA;

EID: 0033377066     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL006047     Document Type: Article

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