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Climate Change During Intervals of the Past Millennium in the Southwestern Tropical Pacific.

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Title/Author:	Climate Change During Intervals of the Past Millennium in the Southwestern Tropical Pacific./
Author:	Lopatka, Alex.
Description:	1 online resource (231 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-12(E), Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International79-12B(E).
Subject:	Climate change. -
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ISBN:	9780438153929

Climate Change During Intervals of the Past Millennium in the Southwestern Tropical Pacific.
Lopatka, Alex.

Climate Change During Intervals of the Past Millennium in the Southwestern Tropical Pacific. - 1 online resource (231 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-12(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Maryland, College Park, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references

Limited observations from the tropical Pacific over the past millennium make it difficult to assess whether different time periods had significant variations in El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) amplitude and frequency. Composited simulation results from climate models participating in the Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project suggest no difference in statistical variance and ENSO event frequency for the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA), Little Ice Age (LIA), and the modern Industrial Era. ENSO may not be sensitive to external radiative forcings. Unforced variability arising from the coupled ocean-atmosphere system could explain the observed past millennium results.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780438153929Subjects--Topical Terms:

1009004
Climate change.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

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520 $a New coral geochemical measurements were collected from Aitutaki, southern Cook Islands in the southwestern tropical Pacific and composited with existing coral geochemical observations from Rarotonga to increase the temporal coverage of climate data over the past millennium. Forward modelling of coral oxygen isotopes as a function of sea surface temperature and the oxygen isotopic composition of seawater suggests this location is sensitive to interannual variations in the position of the South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ) driven by ENSO activity. Analysis of observed interannual delta18O indicates interannual variations are driven primarily by sea surface salinity but also sea surface temperature forcings. More negative (positive) coral oxygen isotope results indicate warmer/wetter (cooler/dryer) conditions that occur at Aitutaki when La Nina (El Nino) events redistribute the South Pacific Convergence Zone away (towards) the equator. Spatial correlation of the coral delta18O signal with regional and tropical climate variables support the interpretation that Aitutaki coral delta18 O varies according to changes in the SPCZ and ENSO activity. Results from modern Aitutaki coral oxygen isotopes may be used to interpret coral data collected from earlier periods of time.
520 $a Paired coral oxygen isotopes and Sr/Ca measurements were made on diagenetically-screened samples radiometrically dated to the Medieval Climate Anomaly. These results, used to calculate interannual oxygen isotopic composition of seawater anomalies, show higher statistical variance in the fossil record relative to the modern Aitutaki/Rarotonga composite record. Singular spectrum analysis shows the first ten reconstructed components explain 79-86\% of the variability in the timeseries. Composited interannual frequency (2-10 year period) components show variable oxygen isotopic composition of seawater throughout the MCA suggesting an active ENSO period. Large variations of 0.6 permil in calculated oxygen isotopic composition of seawater suggest potential decadal shifts in oxygen isotopes from warmer/wetter to cooler/dryer conditions. Long term trends in calculated oxygen isotopic composition of seawater during the earlier MCA from more negative to more positive values suggest a transition from warmer/wetter to cooler/dryer conditions. Together, the results suggest a highly variable MCA period relative to the modern period. This new data may be used in conjunction with other observations for data/model comparisons to better understand hydroclimate variability over the past millennium.
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