Schlagwort(e):
Paleoclimatology -- America.
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Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects -- America.
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Electronic books.
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
This book presents a novel approach in the field of global change by presenting a comprehensive analysis of interhemispheric linkages of climate, present and past, and their effects on human societies. The ultimate goal of this interhemispheric integration is to improve our understanding of causes and mechanisms of climate change to enhance our capability in predicting future changes. Given the societal interest in global change issues this book offers a new approach for the integration of global information. It will provide a reference for professional scientists, researchers and graduate students in the fields of climatology, and the earth and environmental sciences. Chapters analyse instrumental atmospheric and oceanic data to address such phenomena as El Nino/Southern Oscillation variability and other climate anomalies such as the Pacific and North Atlantic Oscillation and polar air outbreaks A new systematic methodology is presented that allows objective and verifiable reconstruction of climate fields from sparse data Especially valuable in the context of climate proxy data.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
Seiten:
1 online resource (484 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780080525662
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=296624
DDC:
551.69181/2
Sprache:
Englisch
Anmerkung:
Front Cover -- Interhemispheric Climate Linkages -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART I: PRESENT DAY CLIMATES -- Chapter 1. Interhemispheric Effects of Interannual and Decadal ENSO-Like Climate Variations on the Americas -- Abstract -- Resumen -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2. Interannual to Multidecadal Climate Variability and Its Relationship to Global Sea Surface Temperatures -- Abstract -- Resumen -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3. Polar Air Outbreaks in the Americas: Assessments and Impacts During Modern and Past Climates -- Abstract -- Resumen -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 4. Globality and Optimality in Climate Field Reconstructions from Proxy Data -- Abstract -- Resumen -- Acknowledgments -- References -- PART II: HUMAN DIMENSIONS, THE LAST MILLENIUM OF CLIMATE CHANGE -- Chapter 5. The Effects of Explosive Volcanism on Simple to Complex Societies in Ancient Middle America -- Abstract -- Resumen -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 6. Abrupt Climate Change and Pre-Columbian Cultural Collapse -- Abstract -- Resumen -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 7. Human Dimensions of Late Pleistocene/Holocene Arid Events in Southern South America -- Abstract -- Resumen -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 8. Assessing the Synchroneity of Glacier Fluctuations in the Western Cordillera of the Americas During the Last Millennium -- Abstract -- Resumen -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 9. Volcanic Signals in Temperature Reconstructions Based on Tree-Ring Records for North and South America -- Abstract -- Resumen -- References -- Chapter 10. Decadal-Scale Climatic Variability Along the Extratropical Western Coast of the Americas: Evidence from Tree-Ring Records -- Abstract -- Resumen -- Acknowledgments -- References.
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PART III: LONG-TERM CLIMATE VARIABILITY -- Geomorphic Evidence -- Chapter 11. Glaciation During Marine Isotope Stage 2 in the American Cordillera -- Abstract -- Resumen -- Acknowledgments -- Editor's Note -- References -- Chapter 12. Late Quaternary Eolian Records of the Americas and Their Paleoclimatic Significance -- Abstract -- Resumen -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 13. Periods of Wet Climate in Cuba: Evaluation of Expression in Karst of Sierra de San Carlos -- Abstract -- Resumen -- Acknowledgments -- Quaternary Paleoenvironmental Data Base System -- References -- Lacustrine Evidence -- Chapter 14. Identifying Paleoenvironmental Change Across South and North America Using High-Resolution Seismic Stratigraphy in Lakes -- Abstract -- Resumen -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 15. Holocene Climate Patterns in the Americas Inferred from Paleolimnological Records -- Abstract -- Resumen -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 16. Full and Late Glacial Lake Records Along the PEP 1 Transect: Their Role in Developing Interhemispheric Paleoclimate Interactions -- Abstract -- Resumen -- References -- Vegetation Evidence -- Chapter 17. Paleotemperature Estimates for the Lowland Americas Between 30°S and 30°N at the Last Glacial Maximum -- Abstract -- Resumen -- References -- Chapter 18. Neotropical Savanna Environments in Space and Time: Late Quaternary Interhemispheric Comparisons -- Abstract -- Resumen -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 19. Holocene Vegetation and Climate Variability in the Americas -- Abstract -- Resumen -- References -- Chapter 20. Late Glacial Vegetation Records in the Americas and Climatic Implications -- Abstract -- Resumen -- Acknowledgments -- References.
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Chapter 21. The Midlatitudes of North and South America During the Last Glacial Maximum and Early Holocene: Similar Paleoclimatic Sequences Despite Differing Large-Scale Controls -- Abstract -- Resumen -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 22. Late Glacial Climate Variability and General Circulation Model (GCM) Experiments: An Overview -- Abstract -- Resumen -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 23. Pole-Equator-Pole Paleoclimates of the Americas Integration: Toward the Big Picture -- Abstract -- Resumen -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Index.
