Cold air incursions, δ18O variability, and monsoon dynamics associated with snow days at Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 7467-7487

  Hurley, John V ^a   Vuille, Mathias ^a   Hardy, Douglas R ^b   Burns, Stephen J ^b   Thompson, Lonnie G ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; COLD AIR; ICE CORE; MONSOON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOW ACCUMULATION;

AMAZON BASIN; CORDILLERA DE VILCANOTA; CORDILLERA ORIENTAL [PERU]; CUZCO [PERU]; PERU; QUELCCAYA ICE CAP;

EID: 84940462332     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023323     Document Type: Article

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