Midlatitude westerlies, atmospheric CO2, and climate change during the ice ages

Paleoceanography

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Toggweiler, J Robbie ^a   Russell, Joellen L ^b,c   Carson, Steve R ^a,d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d John Witherspoon Middle School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLEISTOCENE; WESTERLY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 33745573215     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005PA001154     Document Type: Article

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