PP44A:
An Integrated View of Earth System Dynamics and Interhemispheric Linkages from Decadal to Tectonic Scales II


Session ID#: 10836

Session Description:
Climate variability and change across the earth's history is governed by several key processes that apply across a wide range of timescales, from decadal through orbital to tectonic. These include response to changes in the earth's energy budget, changes in pathways such as ocean gateways, and nonlinearities such as the icecap instability. We seek contributions that consider climate change across timescales to identify key mechanisms for past climate changes. Examples include Arctic amplification of warming or cooling; role of volcanism throughout earth's climate history; role of heat transport across the hemispheres by ocean overturning circulation; evidence for ice-sheet, climate and earth system sensitivity; and the role of continental configuration.
Primary Convener:  Stephen Obrochta, Akita University, Graduate School of International Resource Science, Akita, Japan
Conveners:  Gerald R North, Texas A & M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States, Terrence M Quinn, University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States and Uwe Mikolajewicz, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Chairs:  Stephen Obrochta, Akita University, Graduate School of International Resource Science, Akita, Japan and Terrence M Quinn, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Stephen Obrochta, Akita University, Graduate School of International Resource Science, Akita, Japan

Cross-Listed:
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
Index Terms:

1620 Climate dynamics [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4901 Abrupt/rapid climate change [PALEOCEANOGRAPHY]
4938 Interhemispheric phasing [PALEOCEANOGRAPHY]
8409 Atmospheric effects [VOLCANOLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

William B Curry, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, St.George's, GE, Bermuda and Jean Lynch-Stieglitz, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, GA, United States
James D Wright, Rutgers University New Brunswick, Earth and Planetary Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
Florian Andreas Ziemen, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, The Ocean in the Earth System, Hamburg, Germany and Uwe Mikolajewicz, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Bette L Otto-Bliesner1, Esther C Brady2, Nan A Rosenbloom3, Ran Feng4, David A Bailey3 and Aixue Hu4, (1)NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (2)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (3)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (4)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Peter J Huybers, Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States
Axel Timmermann, IPRC, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States, Mona Stockhecke, University of Minnesota Duluth, Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, Duluth, MN, United States, Tobias Friedrich, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States and Laurie Menviel, University of New South Wales, Climate Change Research Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Gerald R North, Texas A & M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States
Matthew Toohey1, Claudia Timmreck1 and Michael Sigl2, (1)Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany, (2)Paul Scherrer Institut, Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry, Villigen, Switzerland