Snow accumulation time series and their climatic interpretation
EXTRACT (SEE PDF FOR FULL ABSTRACT):Several snow accumulation time series derived from ice cores and extending over 3 to 5 centuries are examined for spatial and temporal climatic information. ... A significant observation is the widespread depression of net snow accumulation during the latter part of the "Little Ice Age". This initially suggests sea surface temperatures were significantly depressed during the same period. However, prior to this, the available core records indicate generally higher than average precipitation rates. This also implies that influences such as shifted storm tracks or a dustier atmosphere may have been involved. Without additional spatial data coverage, these observations should properly be studied using a coupled (global) ocean/atmosphere GCM.
Main Author: | Holdsworth, Gerald |
---|---|
Format: | conference_item biblioteca |
Language: | English |
Published: |
1991
|
Subjects: | Atmospheric Sciences, Earth Sciences, PACLIM, |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/31436 |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Similar Items
-
Changes in mid-troposphere snow accumulation on Mt. Logan, Yukon, over the last three centuries
by: Holdsworth, Gerald
Published: (1990-02) -
Evidence from the Pacific Northwest for solar modulation of climate and of northern ecosystems
by: Holdsworth, Gerald
Published: (1992) -
Climatic indicators in an ice core from the Yukon [abstract]
by: Holdsworth, G., et al.
Published: (1988) -
Integrating varve and tree-ring time series for southern California climate reconstruction: a 20th century outlook [abstract]
by: Biondi, Franco, et al.
Published: (1996) -
Interannual to decadal time-scale variations in glacier mass balance [abstract]
by: Walters, Roy A.
Published: (1996)