The importance of precessional signals in the tropical climate

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 327-341

  Clement, A C ^a   Hall, A ^b   Broccoli, A J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 2342433762     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-003-0375-8     Document Type: Article

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