期刊
ANNUAL REVIEW OF EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES
卷 37, 期 -, 页码 263-297出版社
ANNUAL REVIEWS
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.031208.100217
关键词
paleoclimatology; tropical climate dynamics; abrupt climate change; El Nino-Southern Oscillation
资金
- Gary Comer Science and Education Foundation
- NSF [ATM-0438201]
The past decade saw a surge ill interest in the role of the Tropics in paleoclimate changes. This was motivated by the emergence of outstanding questions in paleoclimate that pointed to a role for the Tropics in addition to advances in tropical climate dynamics. This article reviews these developments, starting from a historical perspective. Three properties of tropical dynamics are prominent in paleoclimate: the sensitivity of the tropical climate to change; the ability of the tropical climate to reorganize; and the ability of the tropical climate to project its influence globally. The El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) system exemplifies these properties, making ENSO particularly prominent in paleoclimate. Summaries of three paleoclimate cases in which the science developed over the past decade-mid-Holocene ENSO, abrupt climate change during the most recent glacial period,and the mid-Pliocene permanent El Nino scenario-illustrate how the tropical hypothesis worked its way into paleoclimate research. This review closes with a discussion of prevailing views of the Tropics in the paleoclimate changes.
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