Sea surface temperature variability in the subpolar Atlantic over the last two millennia

Sicre, M.-A., Hall, Ian Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6960-1419, Mignot, J., Khodri, M., Ezat, U., Truong, M.-X., Eiríksson, J. and Knudsen, K.-L. 2011. Sea surface temperature variability in the subpolar Atlantic over the last two millennia. Paleoceanography 26 (4) , PA4218. 10.1029/2011PA002169

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Abstract

A decadal resolution time series of sea surface temperature (SST) spanning the last two millennia is reconstructed by combining a proxy record from a new sediment sequence with previously published data from core MD99–2275, north of Iceland. The alkenone based SST reconstruction is validated with historic observational data and compared to a new similar temporal resolution reconstruction obtained from sediment core RAPiD21–3K, in the subpolar North Atlantic. The two SST paleorecords show consistent multidecadal scale coolings throughout the interval and similar expressions during the contrasted climatic periods ‘colloquially known’ as the Medieval Climatic Anomaly (MCA) and Little Ice Age (LIA). In order to further understand the temporal and spatial SST variations and investigate the influence of natural forcings on the observed SST changes during the last millennium, we compare our time series to simulations using the Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace IPSLCM4-v2 climate model. This comparison highlights the potential importance of volcanism as a natural forcing driving coherent abrupt cooling events captured in the subpolar North Atlantic records.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Earth and Environmental Sciences
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GC Oceanography
Uncontrolled Keywords:	North Atlantic; alkenones; decadal variability; volcanism
Additional Information:	Pdf uploaded in accordance with publisher's policy at http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1944-9186/ (accessed 20/02/2014).
Publisher:	American Geophysical Union
ISSN:	0883-8305
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	02 May 2023 11:51
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/30487

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