Influence of climatic teleconnections on the temporal isotopic variability as recorded in a firn core from the coastal Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-49

  Naik, Sushants S ^a,b   Thamban, Meloth ^a   Rajakumar, A ^a   D'Souza, Witty ^a   Laluraj, C M ^a   Chaturvedi, Arun ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Climate; Cryosphere; ENSO; Ice cores; Isotopes; SAM; Teleconnection

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CRYOSPHERE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FIRN; HYDROGEN; ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OXYGEN; SNOW ACCUMULATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TELECONNECTION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND;

EID: 76449098443     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-010-0006-9     Document Type: Article

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