Comparing modeled and observed changes in mineral dust transport and deposition to Antarctica between the Last Glacial Maximum and current climates

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 1731-1755

  Albani, Samuel ^a,b,c   Mahowald, Natalie M ^c   Delmonte, Barbara ^b   Maggi, Valter ^b   Winckler, Gisela ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Climate models; Ice cores; Last Glacial Maximum; Mineral dust

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; ICE CORE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MINERAL; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ANTARCTICA; ARGENTINA; PAMPAS; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(ARC) SOUTH AMERICA];

EID: 84860327009     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1139-5     Document Type: Article

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