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Impact of Earth's orbit and freshwater fluxes on Holocene climate mean seasonal cycle and ENSO characteristics
Description: Researchers use a state-of-the-art 3-dimensional coupled model to investigate the relative impact of long term variations in the Holocene insolation forcing and of a freshwater release in the North Atlantic. They show that insolation has a greater effect on seasonality and La Niña events and is the major driver of sea surface temperature changes. In contrast, the variations in precipitation reflect changes in El Niño events. [Source: Climate Dynamics]
URL: http://www.springerlink.com/content/e57827188t026127/
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Source: Climate Dynamics
Publish Date: 3/1/2012
Reading Level: Expert
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