The effect of Milankovitch variations in insolation on equatorial seasonality

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 6133-6142

  Ashkenazy, Yosef ^a   Eisenman, Ian ^b,c   Gildor, Hezi ^d   Tziperman, Eli ^e  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLED ATMOSPHERE OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; INSOLATION FORCING; MILANKOVITCH; ORBITAL VARIATIONS; PROXY DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEA TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONALITY; TROPICAL CLIMATES; VERNAL EQUINOX;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEAN CURRENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

SOLAR RADIATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; DATA INTERPRETATION; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 78650576964     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3700.1     Document Type: Article

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