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Summer Temperature Trend Over the Past Two Millennia Using Air Content in Himalayan Ice

Authors: S. Hou; J. Chappellaz; J. Jouzel; P. C. Chu; V. Masson-Delmotte; D. Qin; D. Raynaud; P. A. Mayewski; V. Y. Lipenkov; S. Kang; DOMAINE UNIV GRENOBLE (FRANCE) LAB 3S
Abstract:
Two Himalayan ice cores display a factor-two decreasing trend of air content over the past two millennia, in contrast to the relatively stable values in Greenland and Antarctica ice cores over the same period. Because the air content can be related with the relative frequency and intensity of melt phenomena, its variations along the Himalayan ice cores provide an indication of summer temperature trend. Our reconstruction point toward an unprecedented warming trend in the 20th century but does not depict the usual trends associated with Medieval Warm Period (MWP), or Little Ice Age (LIA).

Limitations: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Description: Journal article
Pages: 8
Report Date: 07 FEB 2007
Report Number: A758874
Keywords relating to this report:
*ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
*CLIMATE
*GLACIERS
*ICE
*SUMMER
*TEMPERATURE
AIR
ANTARCTIC REGIONS
ATMOSPHERIC MOTION
CORES
ELEVATION
FRANCE
GREENLAND
HEATING
INTENSITY
MELTS
MOISTURE
PATTERNS
PRECIPITATION
RECORDS
SCALE
SETTING_ADJUSTING_
STABILITY
STABLE ISOTOPES
TIME INTERVALS
TOPOGRAPHY
TRANSPORT
VALUE
WATER
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