末次冰期最盛期热带西太平洋的海洋表层温度

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE VARIATION DURING LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM AT WEST TROPICAL PACIFIC

  • 摘要: 热带西太平洋是全球海-气相互作用最强烈的区域,在地球气候系统中极为重要。为获得该海区末次冰盛期(LGM)海洋表层温度(SST)变化,以Ontong-Java海台WP7浮游有孔虫G.ruber为材料,结合其他站位,通过求解由G.ruber壳体镁钙元素比值(Mg/Ca)、壳体氧同位素(δ18Oc)和SST相互关系组成的方程组,排除了海水盐度对G.ruber壳体Mg/Ca的影响,对SST降幅进行了估算。结果表明,热带西太平洋LGM时期SST较晚全新世(LH)降幅达到了4.5℃,其中西太平洋暖池核心区(29℃等温线以内)约3.9℃,远大于以前的估算结果,但小于热带印度洋约5.8℃的结果,接近热带东太平洋约3.6℃的SST降幅,这可能是LGM时期西太暖池规模向东缩小的结果。

     

    Abstract: The west tropical Pacific is the most vigorous one among global ocean-atmosphere interaction areas, as a significant part of Earth's climate system. To obtain the Sea Surface Temperature (SST) variation during the Last Glacial maximum (LGM) in this area, a gravity core WP7 from Ontong-Java plateau and some other cores were chosen. By solving the equations consisting of G.ruber's shell Mg/Ca, oxygen isotopes (δ18Oc) and SST, the impact upon G.ruber's shell Mg/Ca brought by seawater salinity was eliminated and SST estimation was obtained. The result shows that SST at west tropical Pacific is about 4.5℃ lower during LGM than in Late Holocene, and in the heart area of West Pacific Warm Pool(where modern SST is higher than 29℃) is about 3.9℃, smaller than 5.8℃ of the tropical Indian Ocean, and close to the figure of 3.6℃ in the east tropical Pacific, which may be the result of eastward migration and shrinking of West Pacific Warm Pool.

     

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