Climate controls on Andean precipitation δ18O interannual variability

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 9721-9742

  Insel, Nadja ^a,b   Poulsen, Christopher J ^a   Sturm, Christophe ^c   Ehlers, Todd A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

central Andes; regional modeling; South America; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; VAPORS;

CENTRAL ANDES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; OXYGEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; REGIONAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTH AMERICA; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUATERNARY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANDES; BOLIVIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84886020281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50619     Document Type: Article

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