Response of the intertropical convergence zone to climate change: Location, width, and strength

MP Byrne, AG Pendergrass, AD Rapp… - Current climate change …, 2018‏ - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) is a planetary-scale
band of heavy precipitation close to the equator. Here, we consider the response of the ITCZ …

Water vapor feedback and global warming

IM Held, BJ Soden - Annual review of energy and the …, 2000‏ - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Water vapor is the dominant greenhouse gas, the most important gaseous source
of infrared opacity in the atmosphere. As the concentrations of other greenhouse gases …

Global warming preceded by increasing carbon dioxide concentrations during the last deglaciation

JD Shakun, PU Clark, F He, SA Marcott, AC Mix, Z Liu… - Nature, 2012‏ - nature.com
The covariation of carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration and temperature in Antarctic ice-core
records suggests a close link between CO2 and climate during the Pleistocene ice ages …

[کتاب][B] Climate change 2001: the scientific basis

JT Houghton, Y Ding, DJ Griggs, M Noguer… - 2001‏ - academia.edu
This report is the first complete assessment of the science of climate change since Working
Group I (WGI) of the IPCC produced its second report Climate Change 1995: The Science of …

Global climate evolution during the last deglaciation

PU Clark, JD Shakun, PA Baker, PJ Bartlein… - Proceedings of the …, 2012‏ - pnas.org
Deciphering the evolution of global climate from the end of the Last Glacial Maximum
approximately 19 ka to the early Holocene 11 ka presents an outstanding opportunity for …

Environmental processes of the ice age: land, oceans, glaciers (EPILOG)

AC Mix, E Bard, R Schneider - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2001‏ - Elsevier
Knowledge of the state of the earth at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, an interval around
21,000 years ago) is an important benchmark for understanding the sensitivity of global …

Response of the ITCZ to Northern Hemisphere cooling

AJ Broccoli, KA Dahl, RJ Stouffer - Geophysical Research …, 2006‏ - Wiley Online Library
Climate simulations, using models with different levels of complexity, indicate that the north‐
south position of the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) responds to changes in …

The climate of the Altiplano: observed current conditions and mechanisms of past changes

R Garreaud, M Vuille, AC Clement - Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology …, 2003‏ - Elsevier
The large-scale controls on the climate of the South American Altiplano are investigated
using local observations, reanalysis data and general circulation model experiments. The …

Influence of high latitude ice cover on the marine Intertropical Convergence Zone

JCH Chiang, CM Bitz - Climate Dynamics, 2005‏ - Springer
We investigate the causes for a strong high latitude imposed ice (land or sea) influence on
the marine Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) in the Community Climate Model version …

Rapid changes in the hydrologic cycle of the tropical Atlantic during the last glacial

LC Peterson, GH Haug, KA Hughen, U Rohl - Science, 2000‏ - science.org
Sedimentary time series of color reflectance and major element chemistry from the anoxic
Cariaco Basin off the coast of northern Venezuela record large and abrupt shifts in the …