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Articles | Volume 18, issue 7
Articles | Volume 18, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1709-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1709-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 18, issue 7
Research article
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21 Jul 2022
Research article |  | 21 Jul 2022

Regional validation of the use of diatoms in ice cores from the Antarctic Peninsula as a Southern Hemisphere westerly wind proxy

Dieter R. Tetzner, Elizabeth R. Thomas, Claire S. Allen, and Mackenzie M. Grieman

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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1709-2022-supplement

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Annual microparticle and ion fluxes in the Jurassic, Sherman Island and Sky-Blu ice cores (1992-2019 CE) Dieter Tetzner, Elizabeth Thomas, and Claire Allen https://doi.org/10.5285/9ce1fd9f-cfaf-44fa-aa5d-45c24c0a76cc

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Changes in the Southern Hemisphere westerly winds are drivers of recent environmental changes in West Antarctica. However, our understanding of this relationship is limited by short and sparse observational records. Here we present the first regional wind study based on the novel use of diatoms preserved in Antarctic ice cores. Our results demonstrate that diatom abundance is the optimal record for reconstructing wind strength variability over the Southern Hemisphere westerly wind belt.
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