Dynamical mechanisms for African monsoon changes during the mid-Holocene

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Su, Hui ^a,b   Neelin, J David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; RAINFALL;

AFRICA;

EID: 28044469885     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD005806     Document Type: Article

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