A 308-year record of climate variability in West Antarctica

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Thomas, Elizabeth R, Bracegirdle, Thomas J, Turner, John, Wolff, Eric W
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; West Antarctica; Pacific; Ellsworth Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503527/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503527/1/grl51035.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/2013GL057782

We present a new stable isotope record from Ellsworth Land which provides a valuable 308-year record (1702-2009) of climate variability from coastal West Antarctica. Climate variability at this site is strongly forced by sea surface temperatures (SSTs) and atmospheric pressure in the tropical Pacifi...