Hindcasting the continuum of Dansgaard-Oeschger variability: mechanisms, patterns and timing
Millennial-scale variability associated with Dansgaard-Oeschger events is arguably one of the most puzzling climate phenomena ever discovered in paleoclimate archives. Here, we set out to elucidate the underlying dynamics by conducting a transient global hindcast simulation with a 3-D intermediate c...
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ftarchimer:oai:archimer.ifremer.fr:38487 2023-05-15T16:00:01+02:00 Hindcasting the continuum of Dansgaard-Oeschger variability: mechanisms, patterns and timing Menviel, L. Timmermann, A. Friedrich, T. England, M. H. 2014 application/pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00274/38487/36951.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00274/38487/81207.pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-10-63-2014 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00274/38487/ eng eng Copernicus Gesellschaft Mbh https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00274/38487/36951.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00274/38487/81207.pdf doi:10.5194/cp-10-63-2014 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00274/38487/ Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess restricted use CC-BY Climate Of The Past (1814-9324) (Copernicus Gesellschaft Mbh), 2014 , Vol. 10 , N. 1 , P. 63-77 text Publication info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2014 ftarchimer https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-10-63-2014 2021-09-23T20:26:29Z Millennial-scale variability associated with Dansgaard-Oeschger events is arguably one of the most puzzling climate phenomena ever discovered in paleoclimate archives. Here, we set out to elucidate the underlying dynamics by conducting a transient global hindcast simulation with a 3-D intermediate complexity earth system model covering the period 50 to 30 ka BP. The model is forced by time-varying external boundary conditions (greenhouse gases, orbital forcing, and ice-sheet orography and albedo) and anomalous North Atlantic freshwater fluxes, which mimic the effects of changing northern hemispheric ice volume on millennial timescales. Together these forcings generate a realistic global climate trajectory, as demonstrated by an extensive model/paleo data comparison. Our results are consistent with the idea that variations in ice-sheet calving and subsequent changes of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation were the main drivers for the continuum of glacial millennial-scale variability seen in paleorecords across the globe. Article in Journal/Newspaper Dansgaard-Oeschger events Ice Sheet North Atlantic Archimer (Archive Institutionnelle de l'Ifremer - Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer) Climate of the Past 10 1 63 77 |
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Millennial-scale variability associated with Dansgaard-Oeschger events is arguably one of the most puzzling climate phenomena ever discovered in paleoclimate archives. Here, we set out to elucidate the underlying dynamics by conducting a transient global hindcast simulation with a 3-D intermediate complexity earth system model covering the period 50 to 30 ka BP. The model is forced by time-varying external boundary conditions (greenhouse gases, orbital forcing, and ice-sheet orography and albedo) and anomalous North Atlantic freshwater fluxes, which mimic the effects of changing northern hemispheric ice volume on millennial timescales. Together these forcings generate a realistic global climate trajectory, as demonstrated by an extensive model/paleo data comparison. Our results are consistent with the idea that variations in ice-sheet calving and subsequent changes of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation were the main drivers for the continuum of glacial millennial-scale variability seen in paleorecords across the globe. |
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Hindcasting the continuum of Dansgaard-Oeschger variability: mechanisms, patterns and timing |
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Hindcasting the continuum of Dansgaard-Oeschger variability: mechanisms, patterns and timing |
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