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Barlow et al. 1993
Barlow, L.K., White, J.W.C., Barry, R.G., Rogers, J.C. and Grootes, P.M. (1993). The North Atlantic Oscillation signature in deuterium and deuterium excess signals in the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 Ice Core, 1840–1970. Geophysical Research Letters 20: doi: 10.1029/93GL03305. issn: 0094-8276.

The Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) core can enhance our understanding of the relationship between parameters measured in the ice in central Greenland and variability in the ocean, atmosphere, and cryosphere of the North Atlantic Ocean and adjacent land masses. Seasonal (summer, winter) to annual responses of ΔD and deuterium excess isotopic signals in the GISP2 core to the seesaw in winter temperatures between West Greenland and northern Europe from A. D. 1840 to 1970 are investigated. This seesaw represents extreme modes of the North Atlantic Oscillation, which also influences sea surface temperatures (SSTs), atmospheric pressures, geostrophic wind strength, and sea ice extents beyond the winter season. Temperature excursions inferred from the ΔD record during seesaw/extreme NAO mode years move in the same direction as the West Greenland side of the seesaw. Symmetry with the West Greenland side of the seesaw suggests a possible mechanism for damping in the ice core record of the lowest decadal temperatures experienced in Europe from A. D. 1500 to 1700. Seasonal and annual deuterium excess excursions during seesaw years show negative correlation with ΔD. This suggests an isotopic response to a SST/land temperature seesaw. The isotopic record from GISP2 may therefore give information on both ice sheet and sea surface temperature variability. Cross-plots of ΔD and d show a tendency for data to be grouped according to the prevailing mode of the seesaw, but do not provide unambiguous identification of individual seesaw years. A combination of ice core and tree ring data sets may allow more confident identification of GA and GB (extreme NAO mode) years prior to 1840. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1993<

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Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Paleoclimatology, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Ocean-atmosphere interactions, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Synoptic-scale meteorology, Oceanography, General, Climate and interannual variability
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Geophysical Research Letters
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