在过去的2万年中,对中非水文学的气候控制
Enno Schefuss1, Stefan Schouten, Ralph R Schneider
1DFG-Research Center Ocean Margins (RCOM) at the University of Bremen, Klagenfurter Strasse, 28359 Bremen, Germany. eschefuss@whoi.edu
Nature
|October 14, 2005
概括
在过去的2万年里,中非的降雨主要是由南大西洋海洋表面温度差异驱动的. 海洋循环的变化对该地区的水分运输产生了重大影响.
科学领域:
- 古气候学 古气候学
- 水文学的水文学
- 海洋学 海洋学 海洋学
背景情况:
- 非洲的水文变化在区域和时间上是多样化的,受诸如季风驱动的降水和海面温度异常等因素的影响.
- 北非和南非的过去降水变化与季节性阳光侵蚀有关,而热带北非的变化与北大西洋海面温度有关.
- 了解赤道非洲的大规模水文变化及其驱动因素仍然是一个挑战.
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