Intraseasonal variability in South America recorded in stable water isotopes

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Sturm, Christophe ^a,b,d   Vimeux, Françoise ^c   Krinner, Gerhard ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; ICE; ISOTOPES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 37349043885     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008298     Document Type: Article

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