Nature Communications (Aug 2022)
Split westerlies over Europe in the early Little Ice Age
- Hsun-Ming Hu,
- Chuan-Chou Shen,
- John C. H. Chiang,
- Valerie Trouet,
- Véronique Michel,
- Hsien-Chen Tsai,
- Patricia Valensi,
- Christoph Spötl,
- Elisabetta Starnini,
- Marta Zunino,
- Wei-Yi Chien,
- Wen-Hui Sung,
- Yu-Tang Chien,
- Ping Chang,
- Robert Korty
Affiliations
- Hsun-Ming Hu
- High-Precision Mass Spectrometry and Environment Change Laboratory (HISPEC), Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University
- Chuan-Chou Shen
- High-Precision Mass Spectrometry and Environment Change Laboratory (HISPEC), Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University
- John C. H. Chiang
- Department of Geography, University of California
- Valerie Trouet
- Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona
- Véronique Michel
- Université Côte d’Azur, CNRS, CEPAM
- Hsien-Chen Tsai
- High-Precision Mass Spectrometry and Environment Change Laboratory (HISPEC), Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University
- Patricia Valensi
- HNHP, UMR 7194: CNRS-MNHN-UPVD
- Christoph Spötl
- Institute of Geology, University of Innsbruck
- Elisabetta Starnini
- Department of Civilizations and Forms of Knowledge, University of Pisa
- Marta Zunino
- Toirano Cave, Piazzale D. Maineri 1
- Wei-Yi Chien
- High-Precision Mass Spectrometry and Environment Change Laboratory (HISPEC), Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University
- Wen-Hui Sung
- High-Precision Mass Spectrometry and Environment Change Laboratory (HISPEC), Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University
- Yu-Tang Chien
- National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction
- Ping Chang
- Texas A&M University
- Robert Korty
- Texas A&M University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32654-w
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 7
Abstract
A new stalagmite record from northern Italy and other published data from Europe and northern Africa reveals a split in the climatological westerlies during the early LIA, possibly attributed to sea ice melting.
