Surface temperature control in the North and tropical Pacific during the last glacial maximum

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 353-370

  Timmermann, A ^a   Justino, F ^a   Jin, F F ^b   Krebs, U ^a   Goosse, H ^c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; HEAT TRANSFER; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 5044223529     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-004-0434-9     Document Type: Article

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