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| Marchal, Olivier; Waelbroeck, Claire; Colin De Verdiere, Alain. |
| Three sediment records of sea surface temperature (SST) are analyzed that originate from distant locations in the North Atlantic, have centennial-to-multicentennial resolution, are based on the same reconstruction method and chronological assumptions, and span the past 15 000 yr. Using recursive least squares techniques, an estimate of the time-dependent North Atlantic SST field over the last 15 kyr is sought that is consistent with both the SST records and a surface ocean circulation model, given estimates of their respective error (co)variances. Under the authors' assumptions about data and model errors, it is found that the 10 degrees C mixed layer isotherm, which approximately traces the modern Subpolar Front, would have moved by ~15 degrees of... |
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Palavras-chave: Inverse methods; Kalman filters; Climate variability; Circulation/ Dynamics; Geographic location/entity; Oceanic variability; Variability; Mathematical and statistical techniques; Fronts; North Atlantic Ocean. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00318/42922/42423.pdf |
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| Amrhein, Daniel E.; Gebbie, Geoffrey; Marchal, Olivier; Wunsch, Carl. |
| The ocean circulation modifies mixed layer (ML) tracer signals as they are communicated to the deep ocean by advection and mixing. We develop and apply a procedure for using tracer signals observed "upstream" (by planktonic foraminifera) and "downstream" (by benthic foraminifera) to constrain how tracer signals are modified by the intervening circulation and, by extension, to constrain properties of that circulation. A history of ML equilibrium calcite delta O-18 (delta O-18(c)) spanning the last deglaciation is inferred from a least-squares fit of eight benthic foraminiferal delta O-18(c) records to Green's function estimated for the modern ocean circulation. Disagreements between this history and the ML history implied by planktonic records would... |
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| Ano: 2015 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00496/60726/65246.pdf |
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