Syntheses/Discussion Slides about Paleoclimate Literature - Fall 2008
(from Geos 582 with Julia Cole and Jonathan Overpeck)
Orbital Forcing and Atmospheric Composition: 1-Pager.
Synthesis of Lambert et al. (2008): "Dust-climate couplings over the past 800,000 years from the EPICA Dome C ice core", Loulergue et al. (2008): "Orbital and millennial-scale features of atmospheric CH_4 over the past 800,000 years",
Luthi et al. (2008): "High-resolution carbon dioxide concentration record 650,000-800,000 years before present."
Orbital Forcing and the Monsoons 1-Pager.
Synthesis of point-counterpoint; Ruddiman (2006): "What is the timing of orbital-scale monsoon changes?", Clemens and Prell (2007): "The timing of orbital-scale Indian monsoon changes."
Interglacials and Sea-Level Rise: 1-Pager.
Synthesis of de Vernal and Hillaire-Marcel (2008), "Natural Variability of Greenland Climate, Vegetation, and Ice Volume During the Past Million Years", Rohling et al. (2007), "High Rates of Sea-Level Rise During the Last Interglacial Period."
Asynchronous Glaciation in the Southern Hemisphere During the LGM: 1-Pager.
Synthesis of Smith et al. (2005), "Early Local Last Glacial Maximum in the Tropical Andes", and Stott et al. (2007), "Southern Hemisphere and Deep-Sea Warming Led Deglacial Atmospheric CO2 Rise and Tropical Warming."
Geochemical Signatures of Deglaciation: 1-Pager.
Synthesis of Carlson et al. (2007), "Geochemical Proxies of North American Freshwater Routing During the Younger Dryas", McManus et al. (2004), "Collapse and Rapid Resumption of Atlantic Meridional Circulation Linked to Deglacial Climate Changes."
The Holcene in the Tropics: 1-Pager.
Synthesis of Huag et al. (2001), "Southward Migration of the Intertropical Convergence Zone Through the Holocene", Abram et al. (2007), "Seasonal Characteristics of the Indian Ocean Dipole During the Holocene Epoch."
Complexities of the 8.2 ka Holocene Event: 1-Pager.
Synthesis of Kleiven et al. (2008), "Reduced North Atlantic Deep Water Coeval with the Glacial Lake Agassiz Frehswater Outburst," and Rholing & Palike (2005), "Centennial-Scale Climate Cooling with a Sudden Cold Event around 8,200 Years Ago."
Boreholes as Climate Proxies for the Last 2 Millennia: Discussion Slides.
Slides for a discussion of Huang et al. (2008), "A Late Quaternary Reconstruction Based on Borehole Heat Flux Data, Borehole Temperature Data, and the Instrumental Record," and observations of the last 2 millennia.
Simulations of the last 2 Millennia: Climate Sensitivity: Discussion Slides.
Slides for a discussion of Hegerl et al. (2006), "Climate Sensitivity Constrained by Temperature Reconstructions ofer the Past Seven Centuries," as an example of both simulations of recent climate and climate sensitivity estimates.
ENSO Variability over the Past Millennium: 1-Pager.
Synthesis of D'Arrigo et al. (2005), "On the Variability of ENSO over the Past Six Centuries," and Cobb et al. (2003), "El Nino/Southern Osciallation and Tropical Pacific Climate During the Last Millennium."
Low-Latitude Records of the Past Millennium: 1-Pager.
Synthesis of Verschuren et al. (2000), "Rainfall and Drought in Equatorial East Africa During the Past 1,100 Years," Thompson et al. (2006), "Abrupt Tropical Climate Change: Past and Present."