Comparison of precipitation isotope variability across the tropical Pacific in observations and SWING2 model simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5867-5892

  Conroy, Jessica L ^a   Cobb, Kim M ^a   Noone, David ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

climate model; isotopes; Pacific; paleoclimatology; precipitation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; ISOTOPES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TROPICS;

EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; MODEL-DATA COMPARISONS; PACIFIC; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS; STABLE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; STABLE WATER ISOTOPES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SIMULATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL REGION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84880286518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50412     Document Type: Article

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