Interhemispheric Climate Linkages (eBook)
454 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-052566-2 (ISBN)
The ultimate goal of this interhemispheric integration is to improve our understanding of causes and mechanisms of climate change to enhance our capability in predicting future changes.
Given the societal interest in global change issues this book offers a new approach for the integration of global information.
It will provide a reference for professional scientists, researchers and graduate students in the fields of climatology, and the earth and environmental sciences.
* Chapters analyse instrumental atmospheric and oceanic data to address such phenomena as El Nino/Southern Oscillation variability and other climate anomalies such as the Pacific and North Atlantic Oscillation and polar air outbreaks
* * A new systematic methodology is presented that allows objective and verifiable reconstruction of climate fields from sparse data
* * Especially valuable in the context of climate proxy data.
This book presents a novel approach in the field of global change by presenting a comprehensive analysis of interhemispheric linkages of climate, present and past, and their effects on human societies. The ultimate goal of this interhemispheric integration is to improve our understanding of causes and mechanisms of climate change to enhance our capability in predicting future changes. Given the societal interest in global change issues this book offers a new approach for the integration of global information. It will provide a reference for professional scientists, researchers and graduate students in the fields of climatology, and the earth and environmental sciences. - Chapters analyse instrumental atmospheric and oceanic data to address such phenomena as El Nino/Southern Oscillation variability and other climate anomalies such as the Pacific and North Atlantic Oscillation and polar air outbreaks- A new systematic methodology is presented that allows objective and verifiable reconstruction of climate fields from sparse data- Especially valuable in the context of climate proxy data
Cover 1
Contents 6
Contributors 14
Foreword 18
Preface 20
Acknowledgments 22
PART I: PRESENT DAY CLIMATES 23
Chapter 1. Interhemispheric Effects of Interannual and Decadal ENSO-Like Climate Variations on the Americas 24
Abstract 24
Resumen 24
Acknowledgments 37
References 37
Chapter 2. Interannual to Multidecadal Climate Variability and Its Relationship to Global Sea Surface Temperatures 40
Abstract 40
Resumen 41
Acknowledgments 51
References 51
Chapter 3. Polar Air Outbreaks in the Americas: Assessments and Impacts During Modern and Past Climates 54
Abstract 54
Resumen 54
Acknowledgments 72
References 72
Chapter 4. Globality and Optimality in Climate Field Reconstructions from Proxy Data 76
Abstract 76
Resumen 76
Acknowledgments 94
References 94
PART II: HUMAN DIMENSIONS, THE LAST MILLENIUM OF CLIMATE CHANGE 96
Chapter 5. The Effects of Explosive Volcanism on Simple to Complex Societies in Ancient Middle America 97
Abstract 97
Resumen 97
Acknowledgments 109
References 109
Chapter 6. Abrupt Climate Change and Pre-Columbian Cultural Collapse 111
Abstract 111
Resumen 112
Acknowledgments 125
References 125
Chapter 7. Human Dimensions of Late Pleistocene/Holocene Arid Events in Southern South America 129
Abstract 129
Resumen 129
Acknowledgments 139
References 139
Chapter 8. Assessing the Synchroneity of Glacier Fluctuations in the Western Cordillera of the Americas During the Last Millennium 143
Abstract 143
Resumen 143
Acknowledgments 161
References 161
Chapter 9. Volcanic Signals in Temperature Reconstructions Based on Tree-Ring Records for North and South America 165
Abstract 165
Resumen 165
References 176
Chapter 10. Decadal-Scale Climatic Variability Along the Extratropical Western Coast of the Americas: Evidence from Tree-Ring Records 179
Abstract 179
Resumen 180
Acknowledgments 194
References 194
PART III: LONG-TERM CLIMATE VARIABILITY 197
Geomorphic Evidence 197
Chapter 11. Glaciation During Marine Isotope Stage 2 in the American Cordillera 198
Abstract 198
Resumen 198
Acknowledgments 204
Editor’s Note 204
References 204
Chapter 12. Late Quaternary Eolian Records of the Americas and Their Paleoclimatic Significance 208
Abstract 208
Resumen 209
Acknowledgments 236
References 236
Chapter 13. Periods of Wet Climate in Cuba: Evaluation of Expression in Karst of Sierra de San Carlos 242
Abstract 242
Resumen 242
Acknowledgments 249
Quaternary Paleoenvironmental Data Base System 250
References 250
Lacustrine Evidence 256
Chapter 14. Identifying Paleoenvironmental Change Across South and North America Using High-Resolution Seismic Stratigraphy in Lakes 252
Abstract 252
Resumen 253
Acknowledgments 264
References 264
Chapter 15. Holocene Climate Patterns in the Americas Inferred from Paleolimnological Records 266
Abstract 266
Resumen 266
Acknowledgments 284
References 284
Chapter 16. Full and Late Glacial Lake Records Along the PEP 1 Transect: Their Role in Developing Interhemispheric Paleoclimate Interactions 290
Abstract 290
Resumen 291
References 314
Vegetation Evidence 317
Chapter 17. Paleotemperature Estimates for the Lowland Americas Between 30°S and 30°N at the Last Glacial Maximum 318
Abstract 318
Resumen 318
References 329
Chapter 18. Neotropical Savanna Environments in Space and Time: Late Quaternary Interhemispheric Comparisons 332
Abstract 332
Resumen 332
Acknowledgments 345
References 345
Chapter 19. Holocene Vegetation and Climate Variability in the Americas 350
Abstract 350
Resumen 350
References 388
Chapter 20. Late Glacial Vegetation Records in the Americas and Climatic Implications 396
Abstract 396
Resumen 396
Acknowledgments 412
References 412
Chapter 21. The Midlatitudes of North and South America During the Last Glacial Maximum and Early Holocene: Similar Paleoclimatic Sequences Despite Differing Large-Scale Controls 416
Abstract 416
Resumen 417
Acknowledgments 437
References 437
Chapter 22. Late Glacial Climate Variability and General Circulation Model (GCM) Experiments: An Overview 442
Abstract 442
Resumen 442
Acknowledgments 454
References 455
Chapter 23. Pole-Equator-Pole Paleoclimates of the Americas Integration: Toward the Big Picture 458
Abstract 458
Resumen 458
Acknowledgments 465
References 465
Index 468
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 25.1.2001 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie | |
| Technik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-08-052566-0 / 0080525660 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-08-052566-2 / 9780080525662 |
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