GCM analysis of local influences on ice core delta signals

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Krinner, Gerhard, Genthon, Christophe, Jouzel, Jean
• Other Authors: Laboratoire de glaciologie et géophysique de l'environnement (LGGE), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Modélisation du Climat et de l'Environnement (LMCE)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 1997
• Subjects: [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces; environment; East Antarctica; Greenland; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03335004; https://hal.science/hal-03335004/document; https://hal.science/hal-03335004/file/grl1997Krinner2825.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/97GL52891

International audience A high resolution GCM is used to examine the effect of changes in local surface climate parameters on the ice sheets that can influence the interpretation of the isotopic signal of the ice from deep cores. The model suggests that the 10øC difference between the LGM surface temperature deduced from borehole thermometry and that deduced from the water isotope analysis to a great extent may be due to a modification of the precipitation seasonality in central Greenland. For central East Antarctica, the model tends to suggest a weak opposite bias.