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340 years of atmospheric circulation characteristics reconstructed from an eastern Antarctic Peninsula ice core

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dc.creator Russell, A
dc.creator McGregor, GR
dc.creator Marshall, GJ
dc.date 2011-11-21T09:38:25Z
dc.date 2011-11-21T09:38:25Z
dc.date 2006
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-25T13:52:39Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-25T13:52:39Z
dc.identifier Geophysical Research Letters, 33(8): L08702, Apr 2006
dc.identifier 0094-8276
dc.identifier http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2006/2006GL025899.shtml
dc.identifier http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/5962
dc.identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2006GL025899
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/168872
dc.description Copyright @ 2006 American Geophysical Union (AGU)
dc.description Precipitation delivery mechanisms for Dolleman Island (DI), located off the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, are investigated using reanalysis and back trajectory data. The Southern Annular Mode (SAM) and ENSO are both shown to influence precipitation delivery and event size. Precipitation delivery variability is compared against the interannual variation of chemical data from two DI ice cores. Nitrate concentration in the cores is strongly linked with the ratio of easterly to westerly back trajectories arriving at DI, as described by a Cross-Peninsula Index (CPI) defined in this paper. This CPI is used subsequently to reconstruct the atmospheric circulation characteristics for the 340-year ice core record. The analysis highlights a period of increased easterlies during 1720–1780 and an increase in westerlies for 1950–1980, the latter concomitant with a positive SAM trend and western Peninsula warming. The reconstruction also reveals periods when polynyas may have been present in the Weddell Sea.
dc.language en
dc.publisher American Geophysical Union
dc.title 340 years of atmospheric circulation characteristics reconstructed from an eastern Antarctic Peninsula ice core
dc.type Article


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