Indications for a North Atlantic ocean circulation regime shift at the onset of the Little Ice Age

Verfasser / Beitragende:
[C.-F. Schleussner, D. Divine, J. Donges, A. Miettinen, R. Donner]
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
2015
Enthalten in:
Climate Dynamics, 45/11-12(2015-12-01), 3623-3633
Format:
Artikel (online)
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520 3 |a A prominent characteristic of the reconstructed Northern Hemisphere temperature signal over the last millennium is the transition from the Medieval Climate Anomaly to the Little Ice Age (LIA). Here we report indications for a non-linear regime shift in the North Atlantic ocean circulation at the onset of the LIA. Specifically, we apply a novel statistical test based on horizontal visibility graphs to two ocean sediment August sea-surface temperature records from the Norwegian Sea and the central subpolar basin and find robust indications of time-irreversibility in both records during the LIA onset. Despite a basin-wide cooling trend, we report an anomalous warming in the central subpolar basin during the LIA that is reproduced in ensemble simulations with the climatemodel of intermediate complexity CLIMBER-3 $$\alpha$$ α as a result of a non-linear regime shift in the subpolar North Atlantic ocean circulation. The identified volcanically triggered non-linear transition in the model simulations provides a plausible explanation for the signatures of time-irreversibility found in the ocean sediment records. Our findings indicate a potential multi-stability of the North Atlantic ocean circulation and its importance for regional climate change on centennial time scales. 
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690 7 |a Little Ice Age  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Volcanic forcing  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Last millennium  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Horizontal visibility graphs  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Time series irreversibility  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Marine sediments  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Tipping element  |2 nationallicence 
700 1 |a Schleussner  |D C.-F  |u Climate Analytics, Berlin, Germany  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Divine  |D D.  |u Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Donges  |D J.  |u Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Miettinen  |D A.  |u Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Donner  |D R.  |u Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany  |4 aut 
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950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Miettinen  |D A.  |u Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway  |4 aut 
950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Donner  |D R.  |u Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany  |4 aut 
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