The Dynamics of Natural Climatic Change

• Main Authors: Imbrie, John, Matthews, R K, Webb, III, Thompson
• Other Authors: BROWN UNIV PROVIDENCE RI DEPT OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1974
• Subjects: Meteorology; *CLIMATE; ATMOSPHERE MODELS; GEOLOGIC AGE DETERMINATION; GLACIERS; GULF STREAM; MARINE GEOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; OCEAN MODELS; POLLEN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; *CLIMATIC CHANGES; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; CAPE HATTERAS; AIR WATER INTERACTIONS; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0783362; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0783362

Results of research conducted by ARPA/Brown scientists from 14 August, 1973 to 15 June, 1974 are discussed. Topics covered include: (1) organization of a transfer function conference sponsored by ARPA and CLIMAP; (2) identification of methods to improve paleoclimatic estimates derived from transfer functions; (3) improved coverage of modern pollen data from eastern and central North America; (4) development of a new uplift model for reef terrace sequences; (5) mapping pollen data at 1000 year time-intervals during the Holocene; (6) identification of high-deposition rate cores in the Mediterranean and off Cape Hatteras; (7) significant phase differences occurring in the response times of various parts of the air-sea-ice system during a glacial- interglacial cycle; and (8) completion of the first experiment to test numerical climatic models against synoptic paleoclimatic data. See also Semi-annual technical rept. no. 1, AD0766934. Sponsored in part by DARPA.