Mechanisms of mid-holocene precipitation change in the south pacific convergence zone

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 6937-6953

  Mantsis, Damianos F ^a   Lintner, Benjamin R ^a   Broccoli, Anthony J ^a   Khodri, Myriam ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELS; COMPLEXITY MODELING; MOISTURE CONVERGENCE; PALEOCLIMATE MODELLING; PRE-INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTH PACIFIC CONVERGENCE ZONES;

MOISTURE; RAIN; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; STRETCHING;

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CONVECTION; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84884225167     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00674.1     Document Type: Article

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