Atmospheric circulation over Patagonia from the Jurassic to present: A review through proxy data and climatic modelling scenarios
This paper discusses the general atmospheric circulation over Patagonia on the basis of the principal palaeoclimate forcings: continental drift, orography, variations in the greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere, evolution of the atmosphere and the oceans, changes in the orbit of the Earth...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2011 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales |
| Repositorio: | Biblioteca Digital (UBA-FCEN) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | paperaa:paper_00244066_v103_n2_p229_Compagnucci |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00244066_v103_n2_p229_Compagnucci |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Palaeo-winds Palaeoclimate Palaeoclimate forcings Westerlies albedo atmospheric circulation climate forcing climate modeling continental drift Cretaceous greenhouse gas Hypsithermal Jurassic Last Glacial Maximum Oligocene orbital forcing orography paleoatmosphere paleoclimate Pliocene proxy climate record Tortonian Patagonia |
| Sumario: | This paper discusses the general atmospheric circulation over Patagonia on the basis of the principal palaeoclimate forcings: continental drift, orography, variations in the greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere, evolution of the atmosphere and the oceans, changes in the orbit of the Earth, albedo feedbacks, and the land surface. These processes affect climate on time scales of millions to hundreds of thousands of years. Additionally, orbital forcing has had a major influence on climate during the Quaternary. The palaeo-atmospheric circulation of Patagonia is analyzed for the Early to Late Jurassic, the Cretaceous, the Late Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, the Tortonian-Oligocene cooling, the Pliocene, the Quaternary including the Last Glacial Maximum, the Holocene Optimum, and the last millennium changes. Alternative palaeo-atmospheric circulations from climatic modelling scenarios through the ages are reviewed and compared with proxy data. Detailed and updated reference information on the topics analyzed is also provided. © 2011 The Linnean Society of London. |
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