Influence of the atlantic meridional overturning circulation on the monsoon rainfall and carbon balance of the American tropics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 146-151

  Parsons, Luke A ^a   Yin, Jianjun ^a   Overpeck, Jonathan T ^a   Stouffer, Ronald J ^b   Malyshev, Sergey ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Atlantic; carbon; freshening; hosing; precipitation

Indexed keywords

AMAZONIA; ATLANTIC; ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; FRESHENING; HOSING; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CARBON; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAIN; TROPICS; WATER;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON CYCLE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MONSOON; OVERTURN; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84896707902     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058454     Document Type: Article

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