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Accession Number
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ADA567452
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Title
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Atlantic Ocean Circulation at the Last Glacial Maximum: Inferences from Data and Models.
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Publication Date
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Sep 2012
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Media Count
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240p
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Personal Author
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H. J. Dail
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Abstract
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This thesis focuses on ocean circulation and atmospheric forcing in the Atlantic Ocean at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, 18-21 thousand years before present). Relative to the pre-industrial climate, LGM atmospheric CO2 concentrations were about 90 ppm lower, ice sheets were much more extensive, and many regions experienced significantly colder temperatures. In this thesis a novel approach to dynamical reconstruction is applied to make estimates of LGM Atlantic Ocean state that are consistent with these proxy records and with known ocean dynamics.
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Keywords
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Atlantic ocean
Consistency
Fluid dynamics
Glaciers
Models
Ocean currents
Oceans
Regions
Theses
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Source Agency
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Non Paid ADAS
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NTIS Subject Category
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47C - Physical & Chemical Oceanography
46B - Fluid Mechanics
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Corporate Author
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA.
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Document Type
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Thesis
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Title Note
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Doctoral thesis.
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NTIS Issue Number
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1309
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Contract Number
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NSF-OCE-0645936 NSF-OCE-1060735
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