Rapid changes of glacial climate simulated in a coupled climate model
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Research is presented describing the development of a climate control model to observe changes caused by glacial climates.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2001
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Possible solar origin of the 1,470-year glacial climate cycle demonstrated in a coupled model
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An intermediate-complexity climate model with glacial climate conditions simulates rapid climate shifts with a spacing of 1,470 years when forced by periodic freshwater input into the North Atlantic Ocean in cycles of 87 and 210 years. The robust 1,470-year response time is attributed to the superposition of the two shorter cycles, along with strongly nonlinear dynamics and the long characteristic timescale of the thermohaline circulation and it is concluded that solar forcing could have triggered the glacial 1,470-year climate cycles.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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Simulation of modern and glacial climates with a coupled global model of intermediate complexity
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CLIMBER-2, a low-resolution coupled climate-biosphere model, has been used to simulate both the current equilibrium climate and that of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). This simulation of the glacial climate is believed to be the first in which atmospheric and oceanic circulation are able to evolve together and establish their own equilibrium climate. When the LGM boundary conditions are imposed, a glacial climate on average 6.2 degrees C colder than the modern (pre-industrial) climate is simulated. The strongest cooling is over the North Atlantic and Europe in winter.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1998
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