Model support for forcing of the 8.2 ka event by meltwater from the Hudson Bay ice dome

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 11-12, 2013, Pages 2855-2873

  Wagner, Amy J ^a,b,e   Morrill, Carrie ^a,b   Otto Bliesner, Bette L ^c   Rosenbloom, Nan ^c   Watkins, Kelsey R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

8.2 ka event; Abrupt climate change; Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation; Coupled climate model; Freshwater forcing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GYRE; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY;

EID: 84888065660     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1706-z     Document Type: Article

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