A strong control of the South American SeeSaw on the intra-seasonal variability of the isotopic composition of precipitation in the Bolivian Andes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 47-58

  Vimeux, Françoise ^a,b   Tremoy, Guillaume ^b   Risi, Camille ^c,d   Gallaire, Robert ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Convective activity; Precipitation; South American SeeSaw; Water stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BOLIVIA; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; PRECIPITATION; SOUTH AMERICAN SEESAW; WATER STABLE ISOTOPES;

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; LANDFORMS; RAIN; REMOTE CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

ISOTOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION QUALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER VAPOR;

ANDES; BOLIVIA;

EID: 79957946501     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.04.031     Document Type: Article

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