Sea-surface temperature estimates for the tropical westernPacific during the last glaciation and their implications for the Pacific warm pool
Geochemistry ; Glacial features ; Marine quaternary ; Marine sediment ; Ocean circulation ; Oxygen 18 ; PacificRegion ; Palaeo-environment ; Surface temperature ; Tropical zone
Twenty deep-sea sediment cores from the westernPacific between 30°N and 30°S provide evidence of sea-surface temperature (SST) changes throughout the tropics and subtropics. The results indicate that a westernPacific warm pool existed during
Late-glacial vegetation and climate change in Western Oregon
The AA. describe 2 detailed pollen records of the late-glacial period from western Oregon. They provide information on late-glacial variations in vegetation and climate and on the extent and character of Younger Dryas cooling in the Pacific
Northwest. They compare them with published data from the the Pacific Northwest and northeast Pacific. A synchronous response at both sites would suggest a regional climatic change. Asynchrony would reflect variations in local climate conditions
It is found that daily maximum precipitation is higher in monsoon region over the Indian Ocean and the westernPacific. Especially in the western Noorth Pacific, including the southern coastal region of Japan, it exceeds 300 mm in a broad extent
. This region seems to be the world's heaviest rainfall region on a daily time scale when viewed from a macroscopic disribution. The second heaviest region is in the western part of the tropical South Indian Ocean.
Amérique du Nord ; Canada ; Enseignement de la géographie ; Etats-Unis ; Géographie ; Pacific Northwest ; Recherche ; Université
An overview of the history of academic geography in the Pacific Northwest for geography departments that published in this Yearbook between 1990 and 1994. The history begins in 1856, the year Monmouth University (today Western Oregon), the oldest
school considered in this study, was founded. The origin, growth, character and key figures of various US and Canadian departments in the region are well-documented. The number of geography faculty in the US part of the region peaked in 1970, with most US
glacial-to-interglacial temperature change, they give no indication of a cooling during Younger Dryas time. This suggests that the Younger Dryas increase in δ18O observed in cores from the equatorial Pacific is not due to a climatic cooling but rather
Characterizing the north pacific jet stream for understanding historical variability in western United States winter precipitation
Atmospheric circulation ; Climate oscillation ; Climatic variability ; ENSO ; Ocean atmosphere interaction ; Precipitation ; Teleconnection ; United States of America ; Weather type ; Western United States ; Winter
The AA. examined historical winter-season relationships among precipitation across the western United States, the northern Pacific jet stream (NPJ) across the northern Pacific Ocean basin, and the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon
to determine if the NPJ significantly adds to the existing ENSO-based understanding of inter-annual variability in precipitation. The results indicate that the NPJ is significantly related to winter precipitation across a much larger area of the western United
jet stream characteristics as independent variables, along with climate teleconnections, when considering seasonal precipitation variability in regions where large-scale jet stream dynamics are influential.
The Pacific Rim : region or regions? in Tenth Pacific Conference. Pusan, 1987.
Commerce international ; Economie régionale ; Emploi ; Flux d'information ; Flux économique ; Géographie plurirégionale ; Industrialisation ; Pacifique ; Pacifique région ; Région ; Structure de l'emploi
The PacificRegional Science Conference Organization (PRSCO) has a unique opportunity to both grow with the region and contribute solutions to the problems which come with growth. This paper first examines some of the economic attributes
of the PacificRegion and then explores some of the challenges and opportunities faced by PRSCO.
Changing my thinking with a western woman: Javanese youth' constructions of masculinity
Yogyakarta's wild guides are young men who pursue fantasies of true love and easy wealth by striking up 'love affairs with tourist women. In romances with Western women, guides renegociate the sexual aspect of their masculinity, as tourist women's