South Pacific hydrologic and cyclone variability during the last 3000 years

Paleoceanography

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 491-504

  Toomey, Michael R ^a,b,c   Donnelly, Jeffrey P ^b   Tierney, Jessica E ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

cyclone; Polynesia; rainfall; runoff

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CYCLONE; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECESSION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; LEEWARD ISLANDS [SOCIETY ISLANDS]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SOCIETY ISLANDS; TAHAA;

EID: 84963938816     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015PA002870     Document Type: Article

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