6/12/2013

New Papers 2013/6/3 – 6/10 AGU etc…

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
1.        Quantifying and understanding the uncertainty of atmospheric CO2 concentrations determined from calcic paleosols
D.O. Breecker*
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20189
Keywords:
paleoatmospheric CO2;paleosols;proxies;uncertainty;Monte Carlo

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
2.        Recent changes in the exchange of sea ice between the Arctic Ocean and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Stephen L. Howell, Trudy Wohlleben, Mohammed Dabboor, Chris Derksen, Alexander Komarov, Larissa Pizzolato
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20265
Keywords:
sea ice; Canadian Arctic Archipelago;Arctic Ocean;climate change;RADARSAT;sea ice motion

3.        Sea ice thickness retrieval algorithms based on in-situ surface elevation and thickness values for application to altimetry
Burcu Ozsoy-Cicek1, Stephen Ackley, Hongjie Xie, Donghui Yi, Jay Zwally
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20252
Keywords:
Sea ice thickness;snow depth;snow elevation;Antarctica;buoyancy theorem

4.        Generalized Linear Modeling of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation with Application to Seasonal Forecasting and Climate Change Projections
S. Stevenson1,2,*, B. Rajagopalan3,4, B. Fox-Kemper2,3
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20260
Keywords:
ENSO;climate modeling;statistics

Geophysical Research Letters
5.        Uncertainty in future regional sea level rise due to internal climate variability
Aixue Hu and Clara Deser
Article first published online: 3 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1002/grl.50531
Key Points
•Internal climate variability can affect the regional sea level
•Regional sea level rise can significantly differ from the global mean changes
•Ocean dynamics plays important role on regional sea level rise

6.        Climate-driven sea level anomalies modulate coastal groundwater dynamics and discharge
Meagan Eagle Gonneea, Ann E. Mulligan and Matthew A. Charette
Article first published online: 3 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1002/grl.50192
Key Points
•Salinity of the coastal aquifer mixing zone is dynamic across a 4year time series
•Mean sea level oscillations drive the coastal hydraulic gradient
•Coastal aquifer geochemistry is sensitive to climate-influenced sea level anomalies

7.        Tidal dissipation in the early Eocene and implications for ocean mixing
J. A. M. Green and M. Huber
Article first published online: 4 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1002/grl.50510
Key Points
•The tidal dissipation during the Eocene was weaker than at present
•The abyssal Pacific was the main location of tidal dissipation
•The vertical mixing in the Eocene Pacific was stronger than at present

8.        Rapid ice melting drives Earth's pole to the east
J. L. Chen1,*, C. R. Wilson1,2, J. C. Ries1, B. D. Tapley1
Article first published online: 7 JUN 2013
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50552
Key Points
•First explained the abrupt departure of the mean pole position in recent years.
•Polar motion provides constraints to study of ice melting and sea level rise.
•Polar motion is useful in bridging the gap between GRACE and follow-on missions.

9.        Aragonite saturation state dynamics in a coastal upwelling zone (pages 1–6)
Katherine E. Harris, Michael D. DeGrandpre and Burke Hales
Article first published online: 6 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1002/grl.50460
Key Points
•Aragonite saturation states are calculated from time series pH and pCO2 data
•Seasonal processes controlling aragonite saturation state are determined
•Current coastal upwelling zone variability compared to preindustrial range

10.     Intraseasonal variations in the surface layer heat balance of the central equatorial Indian Ocean: The importance of zonal advection and vertical mixing
M. J. McPhaden and G. R. Foltz
Article first published online: 6 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1002/grl.50536
Key Points
•Two MJO events forced an SST decrease that was in part due to reduced heat fluxFor one •MJO zonal advection contributed substantial cooling
•For other event lack of barrier layer enabled pronounced entrainment

11.     Eddy-induced variability of the meridional overturning circulation in a model of the North Atlantic
M. D. Thomas and X. Zhai
Article first published online: 7 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1002/grl.50532
Key Points
•Unpredictable eddy-induced overturning variability is isolated in 1/10deg model
•Eddies make up 2/3 of overturning variability in the subtropics and 1/3 outside
•An important component of eddy driven overturning is at interannual time scales

12.     Anthropogenic sulfate aerosol and the southward shift of tropical precipitation in the late 20th century
Yen-Ting Hwang, Dargan M. W. Frierson and Sarah M. Kang
Article first published online: 7 JUN 2013 | DOI: 10.1002/grl.50502
Key Points
•A southward shift of tropical rain in the 1980s is detected in observations
•Most CMIP3/5 GCMs simulate the shift, although less than observed
•Anthropogenic sulfate emissions cause most of the southward shift in the GCMs

Paleoceanography
13.     Paleoproductivity during the middle Miocene carbon isotope events: A data- model approach
Liselotte Diester-Haass, Katharina Billups, Ingrid Jacquemin, Kay C. Emeis, Vincent Lefebvre, Louis François
DOI: 10.1002/palo.20033
Keywords:
Mid MIocene paleoproductivity

Global Biogeochemical Cycles
14.     Future arctic ocean primary productivity from CMIP5 simulations: Uncertain outcome, but consistent mechanisms
Martin Vancoppenolle1, Laurent Bopp, Gurvan Madec, John Dunne, Tatiana Ilyina, Paul R. Halloran, Nadja Steiner,
DOI: 10.1002/gbc.20055
Keywords:
Arctic;primary production;nitrate;sea ice

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Climate of the past
Geological Society of America Bulletin

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