Synoptic scale controls on the δ18O in precipitation across Beringia

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 4608-4616

  Bailey, Hannah L ^a   Kaufman, Darrell S ^b   Henderson, Andrew C G ^a   Leng, Melanie J ^c,d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alaska; Aleutian Low; North Pacific Index; oxygen isotopes; precipitation

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN LOW; BACK-TRAJECTORY MODELS; COHERENT FRAMEWORKS; NORTH PACIFIC; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RECORDS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SYNOPTIC SCALE CIRCULATION;

ISOTOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BERINGIA; DEUTERIUM; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84934441069     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063983     Document Type: Article

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