Coherent rainfall response to middle- and late-Holocene climate variability across the mid-latitude South Pacific

Holocene

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1002-1007

  Gomez, Basil ^a   Carter, Lionel ^b   Trustrum, Noel A ^c   Page, Michael J ^c   Orpin, Alan R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Holocene; South Pacific; Southern Annular Mode; southern westerly winds; teleconnections

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; INSOLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TELECONNECTION; WESTERLY;

ARGENTINA; CHILE; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84879177815     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683613479679     Document Type: Article

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