Modeling climate shift of El Nino variability in the Holocene

Authors
Liu, ZY Kutzbach, J Wu, LX
Citation
Zy. Liu et al., Modeling climate shift of El Nino variability in the Holocene, GEOPHYS R L, 27(15), 2000, pp. 2265-2268
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
ISSN journal
00948276 → ACNP
Volume
27
Issue
15
Year of publication
2000
Pages
2265 - 2268
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-8276(20000801)27:15<2265:MCSOEN>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation model is used to investigate climatic shift of El Nine in the Holocene. The model simulates a reduced E NSO intensity in the early and mid- Holocene, in agreement with paleoclimat e record. The ENSO reduction is proposed to be caused by both an intensifie d Asian summer monsoon and a warm water subduction from the South Pacific i nto the equatorial thermocline.