Rapid Switch-Like Sea Ice Growth and Land Ice–Sea Ice Hysteresis
Rapid and extensive growth of sea ice cover was suggested to play a major role in the sea ice switch mechanism for the glacial cycles as well as on shorter millennial scales [ Gildor and Tziperman, 2000 ]. This mechanism also predicts a hysteresis between sea ice and land ice, such that land ice gro...
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ftharvardudash:oai:dash.harvard.edu:1/3440779 2023-05-15T18:16:03+02:00 Rapid Switch-Like Sea Ice Growth and Land Ice–Sea Ice Hysteresis Sayag, Roiy Tziperman, Eli Ghil, Michael 2004 application/pdf http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:3440779 https://doi.org/10.1029/2003PA000946 en_US eng American Geophysical Union http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2003PA000946 http://www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/eli/reprints/Sayag-Tziperman-Ghil-2004.pdf Paleoceanography Sayag, Roiy, Eli Tziperman, and Michael Ghil. 2004. Rapid switch-like sea ice growth and land ice-sea ice hysteresis. Paleoceanography 19(PA1021): 1-13. 0883-8305 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:3440779 doi:10.1029/2003PA000946 Journal Article 2004 ftharvardudash https://doi.org/10.1029/2003PA000946 2022-04-04T12:36:25Z Rapid and extensive growth of sea ice cover was suggested to play a major role in the sea ice switch mechanism for the glacial cycles as well as on shorter millennial scales [ Gildor and Tziperman, 2000 ]. This mechanism also predicts a hysteresis between sea ice and land ice, such that land ice grows when sea ice cover is small and withdraws when sea ice cover is more extensive. The switch-like sea ice growth and the hysteresis were previously demonstrated using a simple, highly idealized box model. In this work we demonstrate a switch-like sea ice behavior as well as the sea ice–land ice hysteresis using a coupled climate model that is continuous in the latitudinal dimension. It is shown that the switch-like sea ice growth occurs when the initial meridional atmospheric temperature gradient is not too strong. It is also shown that the meridional extent to which sea ice grows in a switch-like manner is not affected by the intensity of the thermohaline circulation, which does, however, influence the climate cooling that is needed to trigger such rapid sea ice growth. Earth and Planetary Sciences Version of Record Article in Journal/Newspaper Sea ice Harvard University: DASH - Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard Paleoceanography 19 1 n/a n/a |
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Rapid and extensive growth of sea ice cover was suggested to play a major role in the sea ice switch mechanism for the glacial cycles as well as on shorter millennial scales [ Gildor and Tziperman, 2000 ]. This mechanism also predicts a hysteresis between sea ice and land ice, such that land ice grows when sea ice cover is small and withdraws when sea ice cover is more extensive. The switch-like sea ice growth and the hysteresis were previously demonstrated using a simple, highly idealized box model. In this work we demonstrate a switch-like sea ice behavior as well as the sea ice–land ice hysteresis using a coupled climate model that is continuous in the latitudinal dimension. It is shown that the switch-like sea ice growth occurs when the initial meridional atmospheric temperature gradient is not too strong. It is also shown that the meridional extent to which sea ice grows in a switch-like manner is not affected by the intensity of the thermohaline circulation, which does, however, influence the climate cooling that is needed to trigger such rapid sea ice growth. Earth and Planetary Sciences Version of Record |
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Sayag, Roiy Tziperman, Eli Ghil, Michael Rapid Switch-Like Sea Ice Growth and Land Ice–Sea Ice Hysteresis |
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Rapid Switch-Like Sea Ice Growth and Land Ice–Sea Ice Hysteresis |
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Rapid Switch-Like Sea Ice Growth and Land Ice–Sea Ice Hysteresis |
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Rapid Switch-Like Sea Ice Growth and Land Ice–Sea Ice Hysteresis |
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Rapid Switch-Like Sea Ice Growth and Land Ice–Sea Ice Hysteresis |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2003PA000946 http://www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/eli/reprints/Sayag-Tziperman-Ghil-2004.pdf Paleoceanography Sayag, Roiy, Eli Tziperman, and Michael Ghil. 2004. Rapid switch-like sea ice growth and land ice-sea ice hysteresis. Paleoceanography 19(PA1021): 1-13. 0883-8305 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:3440779 doi:10.1029/2003PA000946 |
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