The influence of orbital forcing of tropical insolation on the climate and isotopic composition of precipitation in South America

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 4841-4862

  Liu, Xiaojuan ^a   Battisti, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Climate change; Climate models; Dynamics; Hydrologic cycle; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELS; DYNAMICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; ISOTOPES; MECHANICAL WAVES; SOLAR RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL; PALEOCLIMATES; SOUTH ATLANTIC CONVERGENCE ZONES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; ROSSBY WAVE;

AFRICA; ANDES; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BRAZIL;

EID: 84942874336     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00639.1     Document Type: Article

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