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A Thermodynamic Study of Arctic Paleoclimatology1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

David M. Shaw  and
William L. Donn
David M. Shaw
Affiliation:
Present affiliation ESSA-EDS/University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I
William L. Donn
Affiliation:
Also Department of Geology, the City College of New York, N.Y
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Abstract

The thermodynamic model of J. Adem has been applied to the determination of Arctic and hemispheric surface temperatures with both ice-covered and ice-free states of the Arctic Ocean. The effect of glaciated and nonglaciated continents is included in the investigation. With an ice cover over the Arctic, as at present, computed temperatures for the polar sea and the Northern Hemisphere correspond closely with present observations. Over a broad range of the critical parameters, removal of the ice cover yields computed temperatures that remain well above freezing level throughout the year. With glaciated continents computed Arctic temperatures are depressed.

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Information
Quaternary Research , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , April 1971 , pp. 175 - 187
Copyright
University of Washington

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Footnotes

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Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory Contribution No. 1564.

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