Publisher： John Wiley & Sons Inc
E-ISSN： 1944-8007|17|11|1929-1932
ISSN： 0094-8276
Source： GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, Vol.17, Iss.11, 1990-10, pp. : 1929-1932
Disclaimer: Any content in publications that violate the sovereignty, the constitution or regulations of the PRC is not accepted or approved by CNPIEC.
Abstract
A set of 36 perpetual‐season simulations with an atmospheric GCM are used to investigate the effects of precession and obliquity variations on mid‐Cretaceous climate. Climatic variables such as surface temperature, pressure and moisture transport suggest that the mid‐Cretaceous climate system is more sensitive to precession than to obliquity in most regions, even at high latitudes. Obliquity variations affect our simulations primarily by modulating the western extent of the precession‐enhanced continental monsoons. As a result, sensitivity to obliquity can be important at low, as well as high, latitudes.
Related content
By Pe-Piper Georgia Piper David J.W
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Vol. 41, Iss. 7, 2004-07 ,pp. :
Access to resources
Recommend
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES, Vol. 29, Iss. 5, 2015-05 ,pp. :
How obliquity cycles powered early Pleistocene global ice‐volume variability
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, Vol. 42, Iss. 6, 2015-03 ,pp. :