The variable European Little Ice Age
The Little Ice Age (LIA), which lasted from about 1250 to 1860 AD, was likely the coldest period of the last 8000 years. Using new documentary data and analyses of alpine glacier fluctuations, the complex transition from the Medieval Climate Anomaly to the LIA and the ensuing high variability of sea...
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ftunivbern:oai:boris.unibe.ch:170359 2023-08-20T04:08:23+02:00 The variable European Little Ice Age Wanner, Heinz Pfister, Christian Neukom, Raphael 2022 application/pdf https://boris.unibe.ch/170359/1/1-s2.0-S0277379122001627-main.pdf https://boris.unibe.ch/170359/ eng eng Elsevier https://boris.unibe.ch/170359/ info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Wanner, Heinz; Pfister, Christian; Neukom, Raphael (2022). The variable European Little Ice Age. Quaternary science reviews, 287, p. 107531. Elsevier 10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107531 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107531> 550 Earth sciences & geology 570 Life sciences biology 910 Geography & travel info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion PeerReviewed 2022 ftunivbern https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107531 2023-07-31T22:14:36Z The Little Ice Age (LIA), which lasted from about 1250 to 1860 AD, was likely the coldest period of the last 8000 years. Using new documentary data and analyses of alpine glacier fluctuations, the complex transition from the Medieval Climate Anomaly to the LIA and the ensuing high variability of seasonal temperatures, are described and interpreted for Europe. The beginning of the LIA was likely different in both hemispheres. The low temperature average of the LIA is primarily due to the high number of cold winters. Conversely many summers were warm and dry. Important triggers of the lower temperatures were, primarily, the numerous clusters of volcanic eruptions and the weak solar irradiance during the four prominent Grand Solar Minima: Wolf, Spörer, Maunder, and Dalton. The drop in temperature triggered the sea-ice–albedo feedback and led to a weakening of the Atlantic overturning circulation, possibly associated with a trend towards negative North Atlantic Oscillation indices. The statistics of extreme events show a mixed picture. Correlations with forcing factors are weak, and can only be found in connection with the “Years without a Summer”, which very often occurred after large volcanic eruptions. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation Sea ice BORIS (Bern Open Repository and Information System, University of Bern) Quaternary Science Reviews 287 107531 |
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The Little Ice Age (LIA), which lasted from about 1250 to 1860 AD, was likely the coldest period of the last 8000 years. Using new documentary data and analyses of alpine glacier fluctuations, the complex transition from the Medieval Climate Anomaly to the LIA and the ensuing high variability of seasonal temperatures, are described and interpreted for Europe. The beginning of the LIA was likely different in both hemispheres. The low temperature average of the LIA is primarily due to the high number of cold winters. Conversely many summers were warm and dry. Important triggers of the lower temperatures were, primarily, the numerous clusters of volcanic eruptions and the weak solar irradiance during the four prominent Grand Solar Minima: Wolf, Spörer, Maunder, and Dalton. The drop in temperature triggered the sea-ice–albedo feedback and led to a weakening of the Atlantic overturning circulation, possibly associated with a trend towards negative North Atlantic Oscillation indices. The statistics of extreme events show a mixed picture. Correlations with forcing factors are weak, and can only be found in connection with the “Years without a Summer”, which very often occurred after large volcanic eruptions. |
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The variable European Little Ice Age |
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