Abrupt reorganization of North Pacific and western North American climate during the last deglaciation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 22, 2016, Pages 11,796-11,804

  Lora, Juan M ^a   Mitchell, Jonathan L ^a,b   Tripati, Aradhna E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTMONT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

deglaciation; hydroclimate proxies; Last Glacial Maximum; moisture transport; paleoclimate; western North America

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL;

DEGLACIATIONS; HYDROCLIMATE PROXIES; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; PALEOCLIMATES; WESTERN NORTH AMERICA;

MOISTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; JET STREAM; LAST DEGLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; WATER BUDGET; WESTERLY;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 85003972581     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL071244     Document Type: Article

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