Sensitivity of the Atlantic Intertropical Convergence Zone to Last Glacial Maximum boundary conditions

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Chiang, John C H ^a   Biasutti, Michela ^b   Battisti, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic climate; ITCZ; Last Glacial Maximum

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENT CORE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 1642286046     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003PA000916     Document Type: Article

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