%0 Journal Article
%T Influence of orbital forcing and solar activity on water isotopes in precipitation during the mid- and late Holocene
%A S. Dietrich
%A M. Werner
%A T. Spangehl
%A G. Lohmann
%J Climate of the Past (CP) & Discussions (CPD)
%D 2013
%I Copernicus Publications
%X In this study we investigate the impact of mid- and late Holocene orbital forcing and solar activity on variations of the oxygen isotopic composition in precipitation. The investigation is motivated by a recently published speleothem ¦Ä18O record from the well-monitored Bunker Cave in Germany. The record reveals some high variability on multi-centennial to millennial scales that does not linearly correspond to orbital forcing. Our model study is based on a set of novel climate simulations performed with the atmosphere general circulation model ECHAM5-wiso enhanced by explicit water isotope diagnostics. From the performed model experiments, we derive the following major results: (1) the response of both orbital and solar forcing lead to changes in surface temperatures and ¦Ä18O in precipitation with similar magnitudes during the mid- and late Holocene. (2) Past ¦Ä18O anomalies correspond to changing temperatures in the orbital driven simulations. This does not hold true if an additional solar forcing is added. (3) Two orbital driven mid-Holocene experiments, simulating the mean climate state approximately 5000 and 6000 yr ago, yield very similar results. However, if an identical additional solar activity-induced forcing is added, the simulated changes of surface temperatures as well as ¦Ä18O between both periods differ. We conclude from our simulation results that non-linear effects and feedbacks of the orbital and solar activity forcing substantially alter the ¦Ä18O in precipitation pattern and its relation to temperature change.
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