Differences in the Indonesian seaway in a coupled climate model and their relevance to pliocene climate and El niño

Paleoceanography

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Jochum, M ^a   Fox Kemper, B ^b   Molnar, P H ^b   Shields, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STOCHASTICITY; THROUGHFLOW;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; NEW GUINEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 67649227133     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008PA001678     Document Type: Article

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