South Pacific Split Jet, ITCZ shifts, and atmospheric North-South linkages during abrupt climate changes of the last glacial period

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 406, Issue , 2014, Pages 233-246

  Chiang, John C H ^a,b   Lee, Shih Yu ^b   Putnam, Aaron E ^c,d   Wang, Xianfeng ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^c International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Atmospheric teleconnection; North South connections; Paleoclimate; South pacific; Southern hemisphere westerlies

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE; LAST GLACIAL PERIOD; PALEOCLIMATES; SOUTH PACIFIC; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TELECONNECTIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; JET STREAM; LAST GLACIAL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TELECONNECTION; WESTERLY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); PATAGONIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908347323     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.09.012     Document Type: Article

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