Spatial variability in the European winter precipitation δ 18O-NAO relationship: Implications for reconstructing NAO-mode climate variability in the Holocene

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Baldini, Lisa M ^a,b   McDermott, Frank ^a   Foley, Aideen M ^a,c   Baldani, James U L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION METHODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

DECADAL TIMESCALES; PALEOCLIMATE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; HOLOCENE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SPATIAL VARIATION; TIMESCALE; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 44249098555     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032027     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Appenzeller, C., T. F. Stocker, and M. Anklin (1998), North Atlantic Oscillation dynamics recorded in Greenland ice cores, Science, 282, 446-449.
2. Barlow, L. K. (2001), The time period A. D. 1400-1980 in central Greenland ice cores in relation to the North Atlantic sector, Clim. Change, 48, 101-119.
3. Bowen, G. J., and J. Revenaugh (2003), Interpolating the isotopic composition of modern meteoric precipitation, Water Resour. Res., 39(10), 1299, doi:10.1029/2003WR002086.
4. 18O in meteoric precipitation, Geology, 30, 315-318.
5. Castro-Díez, Y., D. Pozo-Vázquez, F. S. Rodrigo, and M. J. Esteban-Parra (2002), NAO and winter temperature variability in southern Europe, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(8), 1160, doi:10.1029 /2001GL014042.
6. Cook, E. R., R. D. D'Arrigo, and K. R. Briffa (1998), A reconstruction of the North Atlantic Oscillation using tree-ring chronologies from North America and Europe, Holocene, 8, 9-17.
7. Corte-Real, J. M., B. Quian, and H. Xu (1998), Regional climate change in Portugal: Precipitation variability associated with large-scale atmospheric circulation, Int. J. Climatol., 18, 619-635.
8. Gimeno, L., L. de la Torre, R. Nieto, R. Garcia, E. Hernandez, and P. Ribera (2003), Changes in the relationship NAO-Northern hemisphere temperature due to solar activity, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 206, 15-20.
9. Hurrell, J. W. (1995), Decadal trends in the North Atlantic Oscillation: Regional temperatures and precipitation, Science, 269, 676-679.
10. Hurrell, J. W. (1996), Influence of variations in extratropical wintertime teleconnections on Northern Hemisphere temperature, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 665-668.
11. Hurrell, J. W., Y. Kushnir, G. Ottersen, and M. Visbeck (2003), An overview of the North Atlantic Oscillation, in The North Atlantic Oscillation: Climate Significance and Environmental Impact, Geophys, Monogr. Ser., vol. 134, edited by J. W. Hurrell et al., pp. 1-36, AGU, Washington, D. C.
12. Isotope Hydrology Section (2004), Global Network of Isotopes in Precipitation: The GNIP Database, http://isohis.iaea.org, Int. At. Energy Agency, Vienna.
13. Jennings, E., N. Allott, P. McGinnity, R. Poole, W. Quirke, H. Twomey, and G. George (2000), The North Atlantic Oscillation effects on freshwater systems in Ireland, Biol. Environ. Proc. R. Irish Acad., Ser. B, 100, 149-157.
14. Jones, P. D., T. Jonsson, and D. Wheeler (1997), Extension of the North Atlantic Oscillation using early instrumental pressure observations from Gibraltar and south-west Iceland, Int. J. Climatol., 17, 1433-1450.
15. Jouzel, J., S. Hoffmann, R. D. Koster, and V. Masson (2000), Water isotopes in precipitation: Data/model comparison for present-day and past climates, Quat. Sci. Rev., 19, 363-379.
16. Kodera, K. (2002), Solar cycle modulation of the North Atlantic Oscillation: Implication in the spatial structure of the NAO, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(8), 1218, doi:10.1029/2001GL014557.
17. Luterbacher, J., et al. (2002), Extending the North Atlantic Oscillation reconstructions back to 1500, Atmos. Sci. Lett., 2, 114-124, doi:10.1006/asle.2001.0044.
18. 18O stalagmite record, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 235, 741-751.
19. Marshall, J., Y. Kushnir, D. Battisti, P. Chang, A. Czaja, R. Dickson, J. W. Hurrell, M. McCartney, R. Saravanan, and M. Visbeck (2001), North Atlantic climate variability: Phenomena, impacts and mechanisms, Int. J. Climatol., 21, 1863-1898.
20. Munoz-Diaz, D., and F. S. Rodrigo (2003), Effects of the North Atlantic Oscillation on the probability for climatic categories of local monthly rainfall in southern Spain, Int. J. Climatol., 23, 381-397.
21. Niggemann, S., A. Mangini, M. Mudelsee, D. K. Richter, and G. Wurth (2003a), Sub-Milankovitch climatic cycles in Holocene stalagmites from Sauerland, Germany, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 216, 539-547.
22. Niggemann, S., A. Mangini, D. K. Richter, and G. Wurth (2003b), A paleoclimate record of the last 17,600 years in stalagmites from the B7 cave, Sauerland, Germany, Quat. Sci. Rev., 22, 555-567.
23. Ogi, M., K. Yamazaki, and Y. Tachibana (2003), Solar cycle modulation of the seasonal linkage of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(22), 2170, doi:10.1029/2003GL018545.
24. Rozanski, K., L. Araguas-Araguas, and R. Gonfiantini (1992), Relation between long-term trends of oxygen-18 isotope composition of precipitation and climate, Science, 258, 981-985.
25. Rozanski, K., L. Araguas-Araguas, and R. Gonfiantini (1993), Isotopic patterns in modem global precipitation, in Climate Change in Continental Isotopic Records, Geophys. Monogr. Ser., vol. 78, edited by P. K. Swart et al., pp. 1-36, AGU, Washington, D. C.
26. Schmutz, C., J. Luterbacher, D. Gyalistras, E. Xoplaki, and H. Wanner (1999), Can we trust proxy-based NAO index reconstructions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 1135-1138.
27. Schotterer, U., W. Stichler, W. Graf, H.-U. Burkl, L. Gourcy, P. Ginot, and T. Huber (2003), Stable isotopes in alpine ice cores: Do they record climate variability? paper presented at International Conference on the Study of Environmental Change Using Isotope Techniques, Int. At. Energy Agency, Vienna.
28. Teranes, J. L., and J. A. McKenzie (2001), Lacustrine oxygen isotope record of 20th-century climate change in central Europe: Evaluation of climatic controls on oxygen isotopes in precipitation, J. Paleolimnol., 26, 131-146.
29. Thompson, D. W. J., and J. M. Wallace (2001), Regional climate impacts of the Northern Hemisphere Annular Mode, Science, 293, 85-99.
30. Trigo, R. M., T. J. Osborn, and J. M. Corte-Real (2002), The North Atlantic Oscillation influence on Europe: Climate impacts and associated physical mechanisms, Clim. Res., 20, 9-17.
31. Uvo, C. B. (2003), Analysis and regionalization of Northern European winter precipitation based on its relationship with the North Atlantic Oscillation, Int. J. Climatol., 23, 1185-1194.
32. Vandenberghe, J., H. Renssen, K. van Huissteden, G. Nugteren, M. Konert, H. Lu, A. Dodonov, and J.-P. Buylaert (2006), Penetration of Atlantic westerly winds into central and east Asia, Quat. Sci. Rev., 25, 2380-2389.
33. Vinther, B. M., S. J. Johnsen, K. K. Andersen, H. B. Clausen, and A. W. Hansen (2003), NAO signal recorded in the stable isotopes of Greenland ice cores, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(7), 1387, doi:10.1029/ 2002GL016193.
34. Zveryaev, I. I. (2004), Seasonality in precipitation variability over Europe, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D05103, doi:10.1029/2003JD003668.