DOI: 10.5194/cp-10-607-2014
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84896976681
论文题名: Modelling global-scale climate impacts of the late Miocene Messinian Salinity Crisis
作者: Ivanovic R.F. ; Valdes P.J. ; Flecker R. ; Gutjahr M.
刊名: Climate of the Past
ISSN: 18149324
出版年: 2014
卷: 10, 期: 2 起始页码: 607
结束页码: 622
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: air-sea interaction
; climate effect
; climate variation
; global climate
; Messinian
; North Atlantic Oscillation
; salinity
; simulation
; Canada
; Labrador
; Newfoundland and Labrador
英文摘要: Late Miocene tectonic changes in Mediterranean- Atlantic connectivity and climatic changes caused Mediterranean salinity to fluctuate dramatically, including a tenfold increase and near-freshening. Recent proxy- and modelbased evidence suggests that at times during this Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC, 5.96-5.33 Ma), highly saline and highly fresh Mediterranean water flowed into the North Atlantic Ocean, whilst at others, no Mediterranean Outflow Water (MOW) reached the Atlantic. By running extreme, sensitivity-type experiments with a fully coupled ocean- atmosphere general circulation model, we investigate the potential of these various MSC MOW scenarios to impact global-scale climate. The simulations suggest that although the effect remains relatively small, MOW had a greater influence on North Atlantic Ocean circulation and climate than it does today. We also find that depending on the presence, strength and salinity of MOW, the MSC could have been capable of cooling mid-high northern latitudes by a few degrees, with the greatest cooling taking place in the Labrador, Greenland-Iceland- Norwegian and Barents seas.With hypersalineMOW, a component of North Atlantic Deep Water formation shifts to the Mediterranean, strengthening the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) south of 35° N by 1.5-6 Sv. With hyposaline MOW, AMOC completely shuts down, inducing a bipolar climate anomaly with strong cooling in the north (mainly-1 to-3 °C, but up to-8 °C) and weaker warming in the south (up to +0.5 to +2.7 °C). These simulations identify key target regions and climate variables for future proxy reconstructions to provide the best and most robust test cases for (a) assessing Messinian model performance, (b) evaluating Mediterranean- Atlantic connectivity during the MSC and (c) establishing whether or not the MSC could ever have affected global-scale climate. © Author(s) 2014. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/49292
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Ivanovic R.F.,Valdes P.J.,Flecker R.,et al. Modelling global-scale climate impacts of the late Miocene Messinian Salinity Crisis[J]. Climate of the Past,2014-01-01,10(2)