Abrupt climate change in southeast tropical Africa influenced by Indian monsoon variability and ITCZ migration

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Tierney, Jessica E ^a   Russell, James M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIERS; WIND EFFECTS;

INDIAN MONSOON; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; SEASONAL MIXING;

METEOROLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEINRICH EVENT; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LAST GLACIAL; MONSOON; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE TANGANYIKA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34948834204     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029508     Document Type: Article

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