Modelling the Response of Amazonian Climate to the Uplift of the Andean Mountain Range

Amazonia: Landscape and Species Evolution: A look into the past

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 211-222

  Sepulchre, Pierre ^a   Sloan, Lisa C ^a   Fluteau, Frédéric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Amazonian climate and geology evolution; Andes, role in hydrological balance of Amazon drainage basin; Changes in moisture transport rainfall pattern changes at different latitudes; High resolution Atmospheric General Circulation Model LMDz4 Andean topography impact on climate dynamics; Mechanical impact of Andean topography on South American climate high resolution atmospheric model; Modelling response of Amazonian climate to Andean mountain range uplift; Results from LOWANDES and CTL runs; Tectonics and climate quantifying consequences of Andean uplift on Amazonian climate; Tectonism in South America, Cenozoic uplift of Andes influencing regional climate and environmental evolution; Three dimensional Atmospheric General Circulation model (GCM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886104420     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444306408.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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