Caribbean sea surface temperatures: Two-to-three degrees cooler than present during the Little Ice Age

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 3365-3368

  Winter, Amos ^a   Ishioroshi, Hiroshi ^b   Watanabe, Tsuyoshi ^b   Oba, Tadamichi ^b   Christy, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CARIBBEAN SEA;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; CARIBBEAN SEA; CORAL SKELETON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LITTLE ICE AGE; NORTH ATLANTIC; OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; TIME INTERVAL;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION; COOLING SYSTEMS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; SURFACE WATERS;

CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANTHOZOA; MONTASTRAEA FAVEOLATA;

EID: 0034353036     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL011426     Document Type: Article

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