Mid-Holocene climates of the Americas: A dynamical response to changed seasonality

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 663-688

  Harrison, S P ^a   Kutzbach, J E ^b   Liu, Z ^b   Bartlein, P J ^c   Otto Bliesner, B ^d   Muhs, D ^e   Prentice, I C ^a   Thompson, R S ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; ORBITAL FORCING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONALITY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0037591750     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-002-0300-6     Document Type: Article

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