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| Titel |
The impact of Sahara desertification on Arctic cooling during the Holocene |
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F. J. Davies, H. Renssen, M. Blaschek, F. Muschitiello |
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Englisch
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1814-9324
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In: Climate of the Past ; 11, no. 3 ; Nr. 11, no. 3 (2015-03-27), S.571-586 |
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250117217
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/cp-11-571-2015.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Since the start of the Holocene, temperatures in the Arctic have steadily
declined. This has been accredited to the orbitally forced decrease in summer
insolation reconstructed over the same period. However, here we present
climate modelling results from an Earth model of intermediate complexity (EMIC) that
indicate that 17–40% of the cooling in the Arctic, over the period
9–0 ka, was a direct result of the desertification that occurred in the
Sahara after the termination of the African Humid Period. We have performed a
suite of sensitivity experiments to analyse the impact of different
combinations of forcings, including various vegetation covers in the Sahara.
Our simulations suggest that over the course of the Holocene, a strong
increase in surface albedo in the Sahara as a result of desertification
led to a regional increase in surface pressure, a weakening of the trade
winds, the westerlies and the polar easterlies, which in turn reduced the
meridional heat transported by the atmosphere to the Arctic. We conclude that
during interglacials, the climate of the Northern Hemisphere is sensitive to
changes in Sahara vegetation type. |
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