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Kahl, J.D.W., Galbraith, J.A. and Martinez, D.A. (1999). Decadal-scale variability in long-range atmospheric transport to the Summit of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Geophysical Research Letters 26: doi: 10.1029/1999GL900021. issn: 0094-8276. |
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Ice cores extracted from the Summit of the Greenland Ice Sheet date to >110 kyr b.p. and reveal fluctuations in chemical and physical characteristics on time scales ranging from days to millenia. Long-range atmospheric transport patterns contribute substantially to variability in both airborne and snow-deposited chemical species, and are thus one of the most important considerations in assessing climate variability preserved in polar ice cores. Here we present new evidence of decadal-scale climate variability through an analysis of 44 years of modeled, 10-day air trajectories arriving daily at Summit, Greenland. Trajectory residence times over specific upwind regions reveal interannual oscillations with periods of 4--14 years, and are correlated with three climate teleconnection indices. Our results suggest that the observed link between upstream source regions and the phases of large-scale climate oscillations may be exploited to further understand paleoclimatic oscillations. ¿ 1999 American Geophysical Union |
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Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Constituent sources and sinks, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Troposphere—constituent transport and chemistry, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Evolution of the atmosphere |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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