Southern Tibetan Plateau ice core δ18O reflects abrupt shifts in atmospheric circulation in the late 1970s

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 291-302

  Gao, Jing ^a,b   Risi, Camille ^c   Masson Delmotte, Valerie ^d   He, You ^a   Xu, Baiqing ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^d DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Ice core 18O; Isotopic general circulation model; Large scale atmospheric circulation; Southern Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955757822     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2584-3     Document Type: Article

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