The effects of joint ENSO-Antarctic Oscillation forcing on the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 507-514

  Bertler, N A N ^a,b,d   Naish, T R ^a,b   Oerter, H ^c   Kipfstuhl, S ^c   Barrett, P J ^a   Mayewski, P A ^d   Kreutz, K ^d  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amundsen Sea Low; Climate drivers; Latitudinal Gradient Project; Snow analysis; Southern Oscillation Index; Water isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE FORCING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SNOW ACCUMULATION; WARMING;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

EID: 33751068042     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102006000551     Document Type: Conference Paper

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