Climate change - Tropical flip-flop connections

被引:32
作者
Chiang, JCH
Koutavas, A
机构
[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Geog, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[2] Univ Calif Berkeley, Ctr Atmospher Sci, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[3] Columbia Univ, Lamont Doherty Earth Observ, Palisades, NY 10964 USA
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10.1038/432684a
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
A long climatic record shows that episodic wet periods in northeastern Brazil are linked to distant climate anomalies. The ocean–atmosphere system can evidently undergo rapid and global reorganization.
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页码:684 / 685
页数:2
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