Climatic and insolation control on the high-resolution total air content in the NGRIP ice core

Eicher, Olivier; Baumgartner, Matthias; Schilt, Adrian; Schmitt, Jochen; Schwander, Jakob; Stocker, Thomas F.; Fischer, Hubertus

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1979-2016

Articles | Volume 12, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1979-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1979-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 10

Research article

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14 Oct 2016

Research article |

| 14 Oct 2016

Climatic and insolation control on the high-resolution total air content in the NGRIP ice core

Olivier Eicher, Matthias Baumgartner, Adrian Schilt, Jochen Schmitt, Jakob Schwander, Thomas F. Stocker, and Hubertus Fischer

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RC C2752: 'Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Dec 2015
- AC C3131: 'Answers to Reviewer #1', O. Eicher, 04 Feb 2016
RC C2794: 'Review of: « Climatic and insolation control on the high resolution total air content in the NGRIP ice core », by Eicher et al., submitted to CP', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Dec 2015
- AC C3139: 'Answers to Reviewer #2', O. Eicher, 04 Feb 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (13 Feb 2016) by Carlo Barbante

AR by O. Eicher on behalf of the Authors (14 Apr 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (19 May 2016) by Carlo Barbante

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (18 Jul 2016)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (09 Sep 2016) by Carlo Barbante

AR by O. Eicher on behalf of the Authors (21 Sep 2016) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

A new high-resolution total air content record over the NGRIP ice core, spanning 0.3–120 kyr is presented. In agreement with Antarctic ice cores, we find a strong local insolation signature but also 3–5 % decreases in total air content as a local response to Dansgaard–Oeschger events, which can only partly be explained by changes in surface pressure and temperature. Accordingly, a dynamic response of firnification to rapid climate changes on the Greenland ice sheet must have occurred.