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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-2011-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-2011-2016
Research article
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28 Oct 2016
Research article |  | 28 Oct 2016

Warm Greenland during the last interglacial: the role of regional changes in sea ice cover

Niklaus Merz, Andreas Born, Christoph C. Raible, and Thomas F. Stocker

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The last (Eemian) interglacial is studied with a global climate model focusing on Greenland and the adjacent high latitudes. A set of model experiments demonstrates the crucial role of changes in sea ice and sea surface temperatures for the magnitude of Eemian atmospheric warming. Greenland temperatures are found highly sensitive to sea ice changes in the Nordic Seas but rather insensitive to changes in the Labrador Sea. This behavior has important implications for Greenland ice core signals.