Precipitation over South America during the Last Glacial Maximum: An analysis of the "amount effect" with a water isotope-enabled general circulation model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Lee, Jung Eun ^a   Johnson, Kathleen ^b   Fung, Inez ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; COASTAL REGIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL; PALEOCLIMATE RECORDS; RAIN-OUT; SOUTH AMERICA; WATER ISOTOPE;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; WATER ANALYSIS;

WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EVAPORATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; WATER VAPOR;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 72049107155     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039265     Document Type: Article

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