Impact of ice sheet meltwater fluxes on the climate evolution at the onset of the Last Interglacial
Large climate perturbations occurred during the transition between the penultimate glacial period and the Last Interglacial (Termination II), when the ice sheets retreated from their glacial configuration. Here we investigate the impact of ice sheet changes and associated freshwater fluxes on the cl...
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ftvliz:oai:oma.vliz.be:297174 2023-05-15T13:54:11+02:00 Impact of ice sheet meltwater fluxes on the climate evolution at the onset of the Last Interglacial Goelzer, H. Huybrechts, P. Loutre, M.-F. Fichefet, T. 2016 application/pdf https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/314606.pdf en eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/000383798900001 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1721-2016 https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/314606.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess %3Ci%3EClim.+Past+12%288%29%3C%2Fi%3E%3A+1721-1737.+%3Ca+href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.5194%2Fcp-12-1721-2016%22+target%3D%22_blank%22%3Ehttps%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.5194%2Fcp-12-1721-2016%3C%2Fa%3E info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2016 ftvliz https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1721-2016 2022-05-01T11:01:24Z Large climate perturbations occurred during the transition between the penultimate glacial period and the Last Interglacial (Termination II), when the ice sheets retreated from their glacial configuration. Here we investigate the impact of ice sheet changes and associated freshwater fluxes on the climate evolution at the onset of the Last Interglacial. The period from 135 to 120 kyr BP is simulated with the Earth system model of intermediate complexity LOVECLIM v.1.3 with prescribed evolution of the Antarctic ice sheet, the Greenland ice sheet, and the other Northern Hemisphere ice sheets. Variations in meltwater fluxes from the Northern Hemisphere ice sheets lead to North Atlantic temperature changes and modifications of the strength of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. By means of the interhemispheric see-saw effect, variations in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation also give rise to temperature changes in the Southern Hemisphere, which are additionally modulated by the direct impact of Antarctic meltwater fluxes into the Southern Ocean. Freshwater fluxes from the melting Antarctic ice sheet lead to a millennial timescale oceanic cold event in the Southern Ocean with expanded sea ice as evidenced in some ocean sediment cores, which may be used to constrain the timing of ice sheet retreat. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Greenland Ice Sheet North Atlantic Sea ice Southern Ocean Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Open Marine Archive (OMA) Antarctic Greenland Southern Ocean The Antarctic Climate of the Past 12 8 1721 1737 |
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Large climate perturbations occurred during the transition between the penultimate glacial period and the Last Interglacial (Termination II), when the ice sheets retreated from their glacial configuration. Here we investigate the impact of ice sheet changes and associated freshwater fluxes on the climate evolution at the onset of the Last Interglacial. The period from 135 to 120 kyr BP is simulated with the Earth system model of intermediate complexity LOVECLIM v.1.3 with prescribed evolution of the Antarctic ice sheet, the Greenland ice sheet, and the other Northern Hemisphere ice sheets. Variations in meltwater fluxes from the Northern Hemisphere ice sheets lead to North Atlantic temperature changes and modifications of the strength of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. By means of the interhemispheric see-saw effect, variations in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation also give rise to temperature changes in the Southern Hemisphere, which are additionally modulated by the direct impact of Antarctic meltwater fluxes into the Southern Ocean. Freshwater fluxes from the melting Antarctic ice sheet lead to a millennial timescale oceanic cold event in the Southern Ocean with expanded sea ice as evidenced in some ocean sediment cores, which may be used to constrain the timing of ice sheet retreat. |
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Goelzer, H. Huybrechts, P. Loutre, M.-F. Fichefet, T. Impact of ice sheet meltwater fluxes on the climate evolution at the onset of the Last Interglacial |
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Impact of ice sheet meltwater fluxes on the climate evolution at the onset of the Last Interglacial |
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Impact of ice sheet meltwater fluxes on the climate evolution at the onset of the Last Interglacial |
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Impact of ice sheet meltwater fluxes on the climate evolution at the onset of the Last Interglacial |
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Impact of ice sheet meltwater fluxes on the climate evolution at the onset of the Last Interglacial |
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Impact of ice sheet meltwater fluxes on the climate evolution at the onset of the Last Interglacial |
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impact of ice sheet meltwater fluxes on the climate evolution at the onset of the last interglacial |
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