Dynamics of the intertropical convergence zone over the western Pacific during the Little Ice Age

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 315-320

  Yan, Hong ^a,b   Wei, Wei ^c   Soon, Willie ^d   An, Zhisheng ^a,b   Zhou, Weijian ^a,b   Liu, Zhonghui ^e   Wang, Yuhong ^a   Carter, Robert M ^f  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES   (China)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f Institute of Public Affairs   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONALITY; TIMESCALE;

ASIA; AUSTRALIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84926394078     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2375     Document Type: Article

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