Assessing the robustness of Antarctic temperature reconstructions over the past 2 millennia using pseudoproxy and data assimilation experiments
The Antarctic temperature changes over the past millennia remain moreuncertain than in many other continental regions. This has several origins:(1)the number of high-resolution ice cores is small, in particular on theEast Antarctic plateau and in some coastal areas in East Antarctica; (2)theshort an...
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ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:146223 2023-05-15T13:42:40+02:00 Assessing the robustness of Antarctic temperature reconstructions over the past 2 millennia using pseudoproxy and data assimilation experiments Klein, F Abram, NJ Curran, MAJ Goosse, H Goursaud, S Masson-Delmotte, V Moy, A Neukom, R Orsi, A Sjolte, J Steiger, N Stenni, B Werner, M 2019 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-661-2019 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/146223 en eng Copernicus GmbH http://ecite.utas.edu.au/146223/1/146223 - Assessing the robustness of Antarctic temperature reconstructions over the past 2.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-661-2019 Klein, F and Abram, NJ and Curran, MAJ and Goosse, H and Goursaud, S and Masson-Delmotte, V and Moy, A and Neukom, R and Orsi, A and Sjolte, J and Steiger, N and Stenni, B and Werner, M, Assessing the robustness of Antarctic temperature reconstructions over the past 2 millennia using pseudoproxy and data assimilation experiments, Climate of the Past, 15 pp. 661-684. ISSN 1814-9324 (2019) [Refereed Article] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/146223 Earth Sciences Climate change science Climate change processes Refereed Article PeerReviewed 2019 ftunivtasecite https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-661-2019 2022-08-29T22:18:28Z The Antarctic temperature changes over the past millennia remain moreuncertain than in many other continental regions. This has several origins:(1)the number of high-resolution ice cores is small, in particular on theEast Antarctic plateau and in some coastal areas in East Antarctica; (2)theshort and spatially sparse instrumental records limit the calibration periodfor reconstructions and the assessment of the methodologies; (3)the linkbetween isotope records from ice cores and local climate is usually complexand dependent on the spatial scales and timescales investigated. Here, we useclimate model results, pseudoproxy experiments and data assimilationexperiments to assess the potential forreconstructing the Antarctic temperature over the last 2millennia based on anew database of stable oxygen isotopes in ice cores compiled in the frameworkof Antarctica2k ( Stenni etal. , 2017 ) . The well-known covariance between δ 18 O and temperature is reproduced in the two isotope-enabledmodels used (ECHAM5/MPI-OM and ECHAM5-wiso), but is generally weak over thedifferent Antarctic regions, limiting the skill of the reconstructions.Furthermore, the strength of the link displays large variations over the pastmillennium, further affecting the potential skill of temperaturereconstructions based on statistical methods which rely on the assumptionthat the last decades are a good estimate for longer temperaturereconstructions. Using a data assimilation technique allows, in theory, forchanges in the δ 18 O temperature link through time and spaceto be taken into account. Pseudoproxy experiments confirm the benefits ofusing data assimilation methods instead of statistical methods that providereconstructions with unrealistic variances in some Antarctic subregions. Theyalso confirm that the relatively weak link between both variables leads to alimited potential for reconstructing temperature based on δ 18 O . However, the reconstruction skill is higher and moreuniform among reconstruction methods when the reconstruction target is ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica East Antarctica eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) Antarctic East Antarctica The Antarctic Climate of the Past 15 2 661 684 |
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The Antarctic temperature changes over the past millennia remain moreuncertain than in many other continental regions. This has several origins:(1)the number of high-resolution ice cores is small, in particular on theEast Antarctic plateau and in some coastal areas in East Antarctica; (2)theshort and spatially sparse instrumental records limit the calibration periodfor reconstructions and the assessment of the methodologies; (3)the linkbetween isotope records from ice cores and local climate is usually complexand dependent on the spatial scales and timescales investigated. Here, we useclimate model results, pseudoproxy experiments and data assimilationexperiments to assess the potential forreconstructing the Antarctic temperature over the last 2millennia based on anew database of stable oxygen isotopes in ice cores compiled in the frameworkof Antarctica2k ( Stenni etal. , 2017 ) . The well-known covariance between δ 18 O and temperature is reproduced in the two isotope-enabledmodels used (ECHAM5/MPI-OM and ECHAM5-wiso), but is generally weak over thedifferent Antarctic regions, limiting the skill of the reconstructions.Furthermore, the strength of the link displays large variations over the pastmillennium, further affecting the potential skill of temperaturereconstructions based on statistical methods which rely on the assumptionthat the last decades are a good estimate for longer temperaturereconstructions. Using a data assimilation technique allows, in theory, forchanges in the δ 18 O temperature link through time and spaceto be taken into account. Pseudoproxy experiments confirm the benefits ofusing data assimilation methods instead of statistical methods that providereconstructions with unrealistic variances in some Antarctic subregions. Theyalso confirm that the relatively weak link between both variables leads to alimited potential for reconstructing temperature based on δ 18 O . However, the reconstruction skill is higher and moreuniform among reconstruction methods when the reconstruction target is ... |
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Assessing the robustness of Antarctic temperature reconstructions over the past 2 millennia using pseudoproxy and data assimilation experiments |
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Assessing the robustness of Antarctic temperature reconstructions over the past 2 millennia using pseudoproxy and data assimilation experiments |
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Assessing the robustness of Antarctic temperature reconstructions over the past 2 millennia using pseudoproxy and data assimilation experiments |
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Assessing the robustness of Antarctic temperature reconstructions over the past 2 millennia using pseudoproxy and data assimilation experiments |
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Assessing the robustness of Antarctic temperature reconstructions over the past 2 millennia using pseudoproxy and data assimilation experiments |
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assessing the robustness of antarctic temperature reconstructions over the past 2 millennia using pseudoproxy and data assimilation experiments |
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