The climate of the Altiplano: Observed current conditions and mechanisms of past changes

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 194, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 5-22

  Garreaud, René ^a   Vuille, Mathias ^b   Clement, Amy C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Altiplano; Modern climate; Past changes; Rainfall variability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; PALEOCLIMATE; RAINFALL;

ALTIPLANO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0037877928     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00269-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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