An interhemispheric mechanism for glacial abrupt climate change

Verfasser / Beitragende:
[Rubén Banderas, Jorge Alvarez-Solas, Alexander Robinson, Marisa Montoya]
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
2015
Enthalten in:
Climate Dynamics, 44/9-10(2015-05-01), 2897-2908
Format:
Artikel (online)
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245 0 3 |a An interhemispheric mechanism for glacial abrupt climate change  |h [Elektronische Daten]  |c [Rubén Banderas, Jorge Alvarez-Solas, Alexander Robinson, Marisa Montoya] 
520 3 |a The last glacial period was punctuated by abrupt climate changes that are widely considered to result from millennial-scale variability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC). However, the origin of these AMOC reorganizations remains poorly understood. The climatic connection between both hemispheres indicated by proxies suggests that the Southern Ocean (SO) could regulate this variability through changes in winds and atmospheric CO $$_{2}$$ 2 concentration. Here, we investigate this hypothesis using a coupled climate model forced by prescribed CO $$_{2}$$ 2 and SO wind-stress variations. We find that the AMOC exhibits an oscillatory behavior between weak and strong circulation regimes which is ultimately caused by changes in the meridional density gradient of the Atlantic Ocean. The evolution of the simulated climatic patterns matches the amplitude and timing of the largest events that occurred during the last glacial period and their widespread climatic impacts. Our results suggest the existence of an internal interhemispheric oscillation mediated by the bipolar seesaw that could promote glacial abrupt climate changes through variations in atmospheric CO $$_{2}$$ 2 levels, the strength of the SO winds and AMOC reorganizations, and provide an explanation for the pervasive Antarctic-like climate signal found in proxy records worldwide. 
540 |a Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 
690 7 |a Abrupt climate change  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Paleoclimate modeling  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Dansgaard-Oeschger events  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Atlantic meridional overturning circulation  |2 nationallicence 
700 1 |a Banderas  |D Rubén  |u Departamento de Astrofísica y Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Alvarez-Solas  |D Jorge  |u Departamento de Astrofísica y Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Robinson  |D Alexander  |u Departamento de Astrofísica y Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Montoya  |D Marisa  |u Departamento de Astrofísica y Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain  |4 aut 
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950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Alvarez-Solas  |D Jorge  |u Departamento de Astrofísica y Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain  |4 aut 
950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Robinson  |D Alexander  |u Departamento de Astrofísica y Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain  |4 aut 
950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Montoya  |D Marisa  |u Departamento de Astrofísica y Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain  |4 aut 
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