Thermal evolution of the western South Atlantic and the adjacent continent during Termination 1
During Termination 1, millennial-scale weakening events of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) supposedly produced major changes in sea surface temperatures (SSTs) of the western South Atlantic, and in mean air temperatures (MATs) over southeastern South America. It has been sugge...
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ftnonlinearchiv:oai:noa.gwlb.de:cop_mods_00016117 2023-05-15T17:34:47+02:00 Thermal evolution of the western South Atlantic and the adjacent continent during Termination 1 Chiessi, C. M. Mulitza, S. Mollenhauer, G. Silva, J. B. Groeneveld, J. Prange, M. 2015-06 electronic https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-915-2015 https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00016117 https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00016072/cp-11-915-2015.pdf https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/11/915/2015/cp-11-915-2015.pdf eng eng Copernicus Publications Climate of the Past -- http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/cp/cp/published_papers.html -- http://www.bibliothek.uni-regensburg.de/ezeit/?2217985 -- 1814-9332 https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-915-2015 https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00016117 https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00016072/cp-11-915-2015.pdf https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/11/915/2015/cp-11-915-2015.pdf uneingeschränkt info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article Verlagsveröffentlichung article Text doc-type:article 2015 ftnonlinearchiv https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-915-2015 2022-02-08T22:54:17Z During Termination 1, millennial-scale weakening events of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) supposedly produced major changes in sea surface temperatures (SSTs) of the western South Atlantic, and in mean air temperatures (MATs) over southeastern South America. It has been suggested, for instance, that the Brazil Current (BC) would strengthen (weaken) and the North Brazil Current (NBC) would weaken (strengthen) during slowdown (speed-up) events of the AMOC. This anti-phase pattern was claimed to be a necessary response to the decreased North Atlantic heat piracy during periods of weak AMOC. However, the thermal evolution of the western South Atlantic and the adjacent continent is so far largely unknown. Here we address this issue, presenting high-temporal-resolution SST and MAT records from the BC and southeastern South America, respectively. We identify a warming in the western South Atlantic during Heinrich Stadial 1 (HS1), which is followed first by a drop and then by increasing temperatures during the Bølling–Allerød, in phase with an existing SST record from the NBC. Additionally, a similar SST evolution is shown by a southernmost eastern South Atlantic record, suggesting a South Atlantic-wide pattern in SST evolution during most of Termination 1. Over southeastern South America, our MAT record shows a two-step increase during Termination 1, synchronous with atmospheric CO2 rise (i.e., during the second half of HS1 and during the Younger Dryas), and lagging abrupt SST changes by several thousand years. This delay corroborates the notion that the long duration of HS1 was fundamental in driving the Earth out of the last glacial. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Niedersächsisches Online-Archiv NOA Climate of the Past 11 6 915 929 |
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During Termination 1, millennial-scale weakening events of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) supposedly produced major changes in sea surface temperatures (SSTs) of the western South Atlantic, and in mean air temperatures (MATs) over southeastern South America. It has been suggested, for instance, that the Brazil Current (BC) would strengthen (weaken) and the North Brazil Current (NBC) would weaken (strengthen) during slowdown (speed-up) events of the AMOC. This anti-phase pattern was claimed to be a necessary response to the decreased North Atlantic heat piracy during periods of weak AMOC. However, the thermal evolution of the western South Atlantic and the adjacent continent is so far largely unknown. Here we address this issue, presenting high-temporal-resolution SST and MAT records from the BC and southeastern South America, respectively. We identify a warming in the western South Atlantic during Heinrich Stadial 1 (HS1), which is followed first by a drop and then by increasing temperatures during the Bølling–Allerød, in phase with an existing SST record from the NBC. Additionally, a similar SST evolution is shown by a southernmost eastern South Atlantic record, suggesting a South Atlantic-wide pattern in SST evolution during most of Termination 1. Over southeastern South America, our MAT record shows a two-step increase during Termination 1, synchronous with atmospheric CO2 rise (i.e., during the second half of HS1 and during the Younger Dryas), and lagging abrupt SST changes by several thousand years. This delay corroborates the notion that the long duration of HS1 was fundamental in driving the Earth out of the last glacial. |
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Chiessi, C. M. Mulitza, S. Mollenhauer, G. Silva, J. B. Groeneveld, J. Prange, M. |
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Thermal evolution of the western South Atlantic and the adjacent continent during Termination 1 |
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Thermal evolution of the western South Atlantic and the adjacent continent during Termination 1 |
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Thermal evolution of the western South Atlantic and the adjacent continent during Termination 1 |
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Thermal evolution of the western South Atlantic and the adjacent continent during Termination 1 |
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Thermal evolution of the western South Atlantic and the adjacent continent during Termination 1 |
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