Causes of early Holocene desertification in arid central Asia

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 1577-1591

  Jin, Liya ^a,b   Chen, Fahu ^a   Morrill, Carrie ^c,d   Otto Bliesner, Bette L ^e   Rosenbloom, Nan ^e  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid central Asia; Climate model; Desertification; Early Holocene; Orbital forcing

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESERTIFICATION; EVAPORATION; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WATER VAPOR; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA;

EID: 84859001882     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1086-1     Document Type: Article

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