Permanent El Niño and the onset of Northern Hemisphere glaciations: Mechanism and comparison with other hypotheses

Paleoceanography

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Vizcaino M ^a   Rupper, S ^b   Chiang, J C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EL NINO; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; GLACIATION; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE SHEET; MASS BALANCE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLIOCENE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; STANDING WAVE;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA CANAL;

ZANCLEA;

EID: 77954330199     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009PA001733     Document Type: Article

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