Sensitivity of the African and Asian monsoons to mid-Holocene insolation and data-inferred surface changes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 164-181

  Texier, Delphine ^a,b   De Noblet, Nathalie ^a   Braconnot, Pascale ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; JETS; RAIN; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

ADVECTION; MONSOONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE FEEDBACK; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; ORBITAL FORCING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; ASIA;

EID: 0034030906     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0164:SOTAAA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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