Evidence from the Pacific Northwest for solar modulation of climate and of northern ecosystems
EXTRACT (SEE PDF FOR FULL ABSTRACT):The 250-year net annual snow accumulation, or mass balance, time series derived from the Mt. Logan (Yukon) ice core has been spectrally analyzed and is found to contain a nominal 11-year waveform. The stable isotope time series contains a significant amount of pow...
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ftoceandocs:oai:aquadocs.org:1834/31451 2023-05-15T16:39:09+02:00 Evidence from the Pacific Northwest for solar modulation of climate and of northern ecosystems Holdsworth, Gerald 1992 application/pdf 57-62 http://hdl.handle.net/1834/31451 en eng http://hdl.handle.net/1834/31451 http://aquaticcommons.org/id/eprint/15631 8 2014-11-13 20:00:38 15631 Atmospheric Sciences Earth Sciences Ecology PACLIM conference_item 1992 ftoceandocs 2023-04-06T17:04:26Z EXTRACT (SEE PDF FOR FULL ABSTRACT):The 250-year net annual snow accumulation, or mass balance, time series derived from the Mt. Logan (Yukon) ice core has been spectrally analyzed and is found to contain a nominal 11-year waveform. The stable isotope time series contains a significant amount of power between 9 and 13 years, although this record is evidently not a straightforward proxy for air temperatures. The signal in the mass balance time series exhibits a close relationship with the sunspot cycle waveform and is, therefore, assumed to be related to it. Waveforms showing a high correlation with the solar cycle are found in other climate data in the region. . Taken collectively, the data point to a link between solar variability, atmospheric variability, climate, and selected ecological dynamics in the Pacific Northwest, but other data, not presented, indicate these relationships may hold elsewhere. So far, the evidence is empirical; complete details of the physical mechanisms involved have yet to be synthesized in a satisfactory way. Other/Unknown Material ice core Yukon IODE-UNESCO: OceanDocs - E-Repository of Ocean Publications Yukon Pacific |
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EXTRACT (SEE PDF FOR FULL ABSTRACT):The 250-year net annual snow accumulation, or mass balance, time series derived from the Mt. Logan (Yukon) ice core has been spectrally analyzed and is found to contain a nominal 11-year waveform. The stable isotope time series contains a significant amount of power between 9 and 13 years, although this record is evidently not a straightforward proxy for air temperatures. The signal in the mass balance time series exhibits a close relationship with the sunspot cycle waveform and is, therefore, assumed to be related to it. Waveforms showing a high correlation with the solar cycle are found in other climate data in the region. . Taken collectively, the data point to a link between solar variability, atmospheric variability, climate, and selected ecological dynamics in the Pacific Northwest, but other data, not presented, indicate these relationships may hold elsewhere. So far, the evidence is empirical; complete details of the physical mechanisms involved have yet to be synthesized in a satisfactory way. |
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Evidence from the Pacific Northwest for solar modulation of climate and of northern ecosystems |
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Evidence from the Pacific Northwest for solar modulation of climate and of northern ecosystems |
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Evidence from the Pacific Northwest for solar modulation of climate and of northern ecosystems |
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Evidence from the Pacific Northwest for solar modulation of climate and of northern ecosystems |
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Evidence from the Pacific Northwest for solar modulation of climate and of northern ecosystems |
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evidence from the pacific northwest for solar modulation of climate and of northern ecosystems |
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