Centennial-scale variability of the Southern Hemisphere westerly wind belt in the eastern Pacific over the past two millennia

We present the first high-resolution (sub-annual) dust particle data set from West Antarctica, developed from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide deep ice core (79.468° S, 112.086° W), and use it to reconstruct changes in atmospheric circulation over the past 2400 years. We find a background...

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Main Authors: B. G. Koffman, K. J. Kreutz, D. J. Breton, E. J. Kane, D. A. Winski, S. D. Birkel, A. V. Kurbatov, M. J. Handley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-06-01
Series:Climate of the Past
Online Access:http://www.clim-past.net/10/1125/2014/cp-10-1125-2014.pdf