Noble gases as proxies of mean ocean temperature: Sensitivity studies using a climate model of reduced complexity

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 25-26, 2011, Pages 3728-3741

  Ritz, Stefan P ^a   Stocker, Thomas F ^a   Severinghaus, Jeffrey P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Argon; Krypton; Mean ocean temperature; Noble gas; Paleoclimatic proxy; Xenon

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CALIBRATION CURVES; DANSGAARD-OESCHGER EVENTS; DEGLACIATIONS; GEOTHERMAL HEAT FLUX; ICE CORE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NOBLE GAS; OCEAN SALINITY; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; PALEOCLIMATIC PROXY; REDUCED-COMPLEXITY; SATURATION CONCENTRATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

ARGON; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE MODELS; GASES; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEAT FLUX; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; KRYPTON; NITROGEN; OCEANOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; XENON;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAT FLUX; ICE CORE; KRYPTON; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NOBLE GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SALINITY; SATURATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLUME;

EID: 81155139132     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.09.021     Document Type: Article

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