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SUBMITTER: Yan H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3104522 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yan Hong H Sun Liguang L Oppo Delia W DW Wang Yuhong Y Liu Zhonghui Z Xie Zhouqing Z Liu Xiaodong X Cheng Wenhan W
Nature communications 20110101
The relative importance of north-south migrations of the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) versus El Niño-Southern Oscillation and its associated Pacific Walker Circulation (PWC) variability for past hydrological change in the western tropical Pacific is unclear. Here we show that north-south ITCZ migration was not the only mechanism of tropical Pacific hydrologic variability during the last millennium, and that PWC variability profoundly influenced tropical Pacific hydrology. We present hyd ...[more]