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Borehole versus isotope temperatures on Greenland: Seasonality does matter

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Heimann,  Martin
Department Biogeochemical Systems, Prof. M. Heimann, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Society;

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/1999GL006075
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Werner, M., Mikolajewicz, U., Heimann, M., & Hoffmann, G. (2000). Borehole versus isotope temperatures on Greenland: Seasonality does matter. Geophysical Research Letters, 27(5), 723-726. doi:10.1029/1999GL006075.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-000E-CD44-8
Abstract
New simulation results obtained with the Hamburg Atmosphere General Circulation Model ECHAM-4 under maximum glacial boundary (LGM) conditions confirm the paleotemperatures on Greenland determined by borehole thermometry. The disagreement between delta(18)O isotope based temperatures and the borehole temperatures of the LGM is not only reproduced by the model, but the simulation results provide a plausible explanation: Paleotemperatures inferred from delta(18)O measurements in ice cores are biased by a substantially increased seasonality of precipitation over Greenland during the LGM. During the glacial winter a much mote zonal circulation prevents the effective transport of moisture to the Greenland ice sheet, and therefore reduces the contribution of isotopically strongly depleted winter snow to the annual mean isotope signal. [References: 21]