Mount logan ice core record of tropical and solar influences on aleutian low variability: 500–1998 A.D.

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 11,189-11,204

  Osterberg, Erich C ^a   Mayewski, Paul A ^b   Fisher, David A ^c   Kreutz, Karl J ^b   Maasch, Kirk A ^b   Sneed, Sharon B ^b   Kelsey, Eric ^d  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ICE CORE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SOLAR RADIATION; TELECONNECTION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; ZONAL WIND;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; CANADA; MOUNT LOGAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SAINT ELIAS MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 84942597067     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021847     Document Type: Article

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