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Wind-driven evolution of the North Pacific subpolar gyre over the last deglaciation
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dc.contributor.author | Gray, William Robert | |
dc.contributor.author | Wills, Robert CJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Rae, James William Buchanan | |
dc.contributor.author | Burke, Andrea | |
dc.contributor.author | Ivanovic, Ruza F | |
dc.contributor.author | Roberts, William HG | |
dc.contributor.author | Ferreira, David | |
dc.contributor.author | Valdes, Paul J | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-17T00:38:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-03-17T00:38:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-03-17 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Gray , W R , Wills , R CJ , Rae , J W B , Burke , A , Ivanovic , R F , Roberts , W HG , Ferreira , D & Valdes , P J 2020 , ' Wind-driven evolution of the North Pacific subpolar gyre over the last deglaciation ' , Geophysical Research Letters , vol. 47 , no. 6 , e2019GL086328 . https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086328 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0094-8276 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 266604554 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 59536cf2-40d3-4a79-9607-d58672d1c08e | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-3754-1498/work/70919965 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0003-3904-2526/work/70919966 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 85082527819 | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000529097700012 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/21638 | |
dc.description | Funding: UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) grant NE/N011716/1 (JWBR and AB). Tamaki Foundation, NASA (Grant NNX17AH56G), and NSF (Grant AGS-1929775) (RCJW). NERC Independent Research Fellowship NE/K008536/1 (RFI). | en |
dc.description.abstract | North Pacific atmospheric and oceanic circulations are key missing pieces in our understanding of the reorganisation of the global climate system since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Here, using a basin‐wide compilation of planktic foraminiferal δ18O, we show that the North Pacific subpolar gyre extended ~3° further south during the LGM, consistent with sea surface temperature and productivity proxy data. Climate models indicate that the expansion of the subpolar gyre was associated with a substantial gyre strengthening, and that these gyre circulation changes were driven by a southward shift of the mid‐latitude westerlies and increased wind‐stress from the polar easterlies. Using single‐forcing model runs, we show that these atmospheric circulation changes are a non‐linear response to ice‐sheet topography/albedo, and CO2. Our reconstruction indicates that the gyre boundary (and thus westerly winds) began to migrate northward at ~16.5 ka, driving changes in ocean heat transport, biogeochemistry, and North American hydroclimate. | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Geophysical Research Letters | en |
dc.rights | Copyright © 2020 American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. This work has been made available online in accordance with publisher policies or with permission. Permission for further reuse of this content should be sought from the publisher or the rights holder. This is the final published version of the work, which was originally published at https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086328 | en |
dc.subject | North Pacific | en |
dc.subject | Deglaciation | en |
dc.subject | Gyre circulation | en |
dc.subject | Westerlies | en |
dc.subject | Oxygen isotopes | en |
dc.subject | Climate models | en |
dc.subject | QC Physics | en |
dc.subject | QE Geology | en |
dc.subject | DAS | en |
dc.subject | SDG 13 - Climate Action | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QC | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QE | en |
dc.title | Wind-driven evolution of the North Pacific subpolar gyre over the last deglaciation | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | NERC | en |
dc.description.version | Publisher PDF | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Earth & Environmental Sciences | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. St Andrews Isotope Geochemistry | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086328 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2021-03-17 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | NE/N011716/1 | en |
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