Mid-Holocene NAO: A PMIP2 model intercomparison

R. M. Gladstone; I. Ross; P. J. Valdes; A. Abe-Ouchi; P. Braconnot; S. Brewer; M. Kageyama; A. Kitoh; A. Legrande; O. Marti; R. Ohgaito; B. Otto-Bliesner; W. R. Peltier; G. Vettoretti

doi:10.1029/2005GL023596

Mid-Holocene NAO: A PMIP2 model intercomparison

R. M. Gladstone, I. Ross, P. J. Valdes, A. Abe-Ouchi, P. Braconnot, S. Brewer, M. Kageyama, A. Kitoh, A. Legrande, O. Marti, R. Ohgaito, B. Otto-Bliesner, W. R. Peltier, G. Vettoretti

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The mid-Holocene (6000 years before present) North Atantic Oscillation (NAO) from nine models in the Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project Phase 2 is studied, primarily through principal component analysis of winter time North Atlantic sea level pressure (SLP). Modeled mid-Holocene NAO and mean SLP show small changes compared to pre-industrial control runs, with a shift in mean state towards a more positive NAO regime for three of the models. Modeled NAO variability shows little change, with a small increase for some models in the fraction of time spent in the NAO-negative phase during the mid-Holocene. Proxy based reconstructions of the NAO indicate a more positive NAO regime compared to present day during the mid- Holocene. We hypothesise that there was a small NAO+ like shift in mean state during the mid-Holocene.

Original language	English
Article number	L16707
Pages (from-to)	1-4
Number of pages	4
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	32
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/2005GL023596
State	Published - Aug 28 2005

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