Magnitude and timing of temperature change in the Indo-Pacific warm pool during deglaciation
@article{Visser2003MagnitudeAT, title={Magnitude and timing of temperature change in the Indo-Pacific warm pool during deglaciation}, author={Katherine Visser and Robert C. Thunell and Lowell D. Stott}, journal={Nature}, year={2003}, volume={421}, pages={152-155} }
Ocean–atmosphere interactions in the tropical Pacific region have a strong influence on global heat and water vapour transport and thus constitute an important component of the climate system. Changes in sea surface temperatures and convection in the tropical Indo-Pacific region are thought to be responsible for the interannual to decadal climate variability observed in extra-tropical regions, but the role of the tropics in climate changes on millennial and orbital timescales is less clear…
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