The impact of volcanic forcing on tropical temperatures during the past four centuries
Palaeoclimate records have demonstrated links between high-latitude climate changes and tropical as well as high-latitude volcanic activity(1-5). However, little is known about the impact of high-or low-latitude volcanic eruptions on tropical climate, particularly for the period preceding the instru...
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ftunstandrewcris:oai:research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk:publications/9f110361-0fc3-480e-8d45-a509f96a01a0 2024-06-23T07:53:43+00:00 The impact of volcanic forcing on tropical temperatures during the past four centuries D'Arrigo, Rosanne Wilson, Rob Tudhope, Alexander 2009-01 https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/the-impact-of-volcanic-forcing-on-tropical-temperatures-during-the-past-four-centuries(9f110361-0fc3-480e-8d45-a509f96a01a0).html https://doi.org/10.1038/NGEO393 eng eng https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/the-impact-of-volcanic-forcing-on-tropical-temperatures-during-the-past-four-centuries(9f110361-0fc3-480e-8d45-a509f96a01a0).html info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess D'Arrigo , R , Wilson , R & Tudhope , A 2009 , ' The impact of volcanic forcing on tropical temperatures during the past four centuries ' , Nature Geoscience , vol. 2 , no. 1 , pp. 51-56 . https://doi.org/10.1038/NGEO393 MARINE AIR-TEMPERATURE ICE CORE EVIDENCE CLIMATE-CHANGE NORTHERN-HEMISPHERE ERUPTIONS RINGS article 2009 ftunstandrewcris https://doi.org/10.1038/NGEO393 2024-06-13T00:29:21Z Palaeoclimate records have demonstrated links between high-latitude climate changes and tropical as well as high-latitude volcanic activity(1-5). However, little is known about the impact of high-or low-latitude volcanic eruptions on tropical climate, particularly for the period preceding the instrumental record(6-9). Here we use annually resolved temperature-related records from corals, tree rings and ice cores to investigate the relationship between volcanism and low-latitude climate. Over the past 450 years, we find an association between low-latitude volcanic events and lower sea surface temperatures in the tropical oceans. The longest sustained cold period in recent centuries occurred in the early nineteenth century, following the eruption of Tambora and a second, unidentified but presumably tropical(1), volcano. We therefore conclude that the tropical ocean-atmosphere system has been sensitive to changes in radiative forcing caused by tropical volcanism over the past several centuries. Article in Journal/Newspaper ice core University of St Andrews: Research Portal Nature Geoscience 2 1 51 56 |
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Palaeoclimate records have demonstrated links between high-latitude climate changes and tropical as well as high-latitude volcanic activity(1-5). However, little is known about the impact of high-or low-latitude volcanic eruptions on tropical climate, particularly for the period preceding the instrumental record(6-9). Here we use annually resolved temperature-related records from corals, tree rings and ice cores to investigate the relationship between volcanism and low-latitude climate. Over the past 450 years, we find an association between low-latitude volcanic events and lower sea surface temperatures in the tropical oceans. The longest sustained cold period in recent centuries occurred in the early nineteenth century, following the eruption of Tambora and a second, unidentified but presumably tropical(1), volcano. We therefore conclude that the tropical ocean-atmosphere system has been sensitive to changes in radiative forcing caused by tropical volcanism over the past several centuries. |
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The impact of volcanic forcing on tropical temperatures during the past four centuries |
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The impact of volcanic forcing on tropical temperatures during the past four centuries |
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The impact of volcanic forcing on tropical temperatures during the past four centuries |
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