Response of the North American monsoon to regional changes in ocean surface temperature

Paleoceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Barron, John A ^a   Metcalfe, Sarah E ^b   Addison, Jason A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; HOLOCENE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INSOLATION; LAKE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MOISTURE FLUX; MONSOON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; POLLEN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TRAJECTORY; UPWELLING; VEGETATION;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84864465989     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011PA002235     Document Type: Article

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