Is There Evidence for Solar Forcing of Climate in the Gisp2 Oxygen Isotope Record?
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 24088768 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Stuiver (0000-0001-9703-161X, University of Washington), Thomas F Braziunas (0000-0001-6588-4933, University of Washington), Pieter M Grootes (0000-0003-4265-3168, University of Washington), Gregory A Zielinski (0000-0001-7707-1673, University of New Hampshire) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 259-266 |
| Publication date | 1997-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quaternary Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-5894 • E-ISSN: 1096-0287 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1006/qres.1997.1931 |
| OpenAlex | W2148596338 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 31 |
| References cited | 42 |
Changes in solar constant over an 11 yr cycle suggest a certain, but limited, degree of solar forcing of climate. The high-resolution climate (oxygen isotope) record of the Greenland GISP2 (Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2) ice core has been analyzed for solar (and volcanic) influences. The atmospheric 14 C record is used as a proxy of solar change and compared to the oxygen isotope profile in the GISP2 ice core. An annual oxygen isotope profile is derived from centimeter-scale isotope measurements available for the post-A.D. 818 interval. Associated extreme summer and winter isotope ratios were found to yield similar climate information over the last millennium. The detailed record of volcanic aerosols, converted to optical depth and volcanic explosivity change, was also compared to the isotope record and the oxygen isotope response calibrated to short-term volcanic influences on climate. This calibration shows that century-scale volcanic modulation of the GISP2 oxygen isotope record can be neglected in our analysis of solar forcing. The timing, estimated order of temperature change, and phase lag of several maxima in 14 C and minima in 18 O are suggestive of a solar component to the forcing of Greenland climate over the current millennium. The fractional climate response of the cold interval associated with the Maunder sunspot minimum (and 14 C maximum), as well as the Medieval Warm Period and Little Ice Age temperature trend of the past millennium, are compatible with solar climate forcing, with an order of magnitude of solar constant change of ∼0.3%. Even though solar forcing of climate for the current millennium is a reasonable hypothesis, for the rest of the Holocene the century-scale events are more frequent in the oxygen isotope record than in the 14 C record and a significant correlation is absent. For this interval, oceanic/atmospheric circulation forcing of climate may dominate. Solar forcing during the surprisingly strong 1470 yr climate cycle of the 11,000–75,000 yr B.P. interval is rather hypothetical.
Atmospheric sciences · Climate change · Climatology · Forcing (mathematics) · Ice core · Isotopes of oxygen · Oxygen isotope ratio cycle · Paleoclimatology · Proxy (statistics) · Volcano · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Environmental Science · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Oceanography
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