Stable oxygen isotope record from Greenland ice cores ...

Twenty ice cores drilled in medium to high accumulation areas of the Greenland ice sheet have been used to extract seasonally resolved stable isotope records. Relationships between the seasonal stable isotope data and Greenland and Icelandic temperatures as well as atmospheric flow are investigated...

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Main Authors: Vinther, Bo Møllesøe, Jones, Philip D, Briffa, Keith R, Clausen, Henrik Brink, Andersen, Katrine K, Dahl-Jensen, Dorthe, Johnsen, Sigfús Jóhann
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2010
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.786362
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.786362
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Summary:Twenty ice cores drilled in medium to high accumulation areas of the Greenland ice sheet have been used to extract seasonally resolved stable isotope records. Relationships between the seasonal stable isotope data and Greenland and Icelandic temperatures as well as atmospheric flow are investigated for the past 150-200 years. The winter season stable isotope data are found to be influenced by the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and very closely related to SW Greenland temperatures. The linear correlation between the first principal component of the winter season stable isotope data and Greenland winter temperatures is 0.71 for seasonally resolved data and 0.83 for decadally filtered data. The summer season stable isotope data display higher correlations with Stykkisholmur summer temperatures and North Atlantic SST conditions than with SW Greenland temperatures. The linear correlation between Stykkisholmur summer temperatures and the first principal component of the summer season stable isotope data is 0.56, ... : Supplement to: Vinther, Bo Møllesøe; Jones, Philip D; Briffa, Keith R; Clausen, Henrik Brink; Andersen, Katrine K; Dahl-Jensen, Dorthe; Johnsen, Sigfús Jóhann (2010): Climatic signals in multiple highly resolved stable isotope records from Greenland. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29(3-4), 522-538 ...