Potential Modern-Climate Analogues of Paleoclimatic Variations in Eastern Interior Alaska for the Past 14,000 Years: Atmospheric-Circulation Controls of Regional Temperature and Moisture Responses.
Mary E. Edwards, Cary J. Mock, Bruce P. Finney, Valerie A. Barber, and Patrick J. Bartlein,
Quaternary Science Reviews (in press).

Abstract

Figure 1a. Map of Beringia showing the region covered by the synoptic analysis. The lake sites in the paleoclimatic study area are indicated: B = Birch Lake, D = Dune Lake, J = Jan Lake, and S = Sands of Time Lake; F = Fairbanks. (Fig1a.gif, 18KB / Fig1a.pdf, 271KB)

Figure 1b. Summary of pollen and lake-status evidence and inferred paleoclimates, Eastern Interior Alaska. (Fig1b.gif, 31KB / Fig1b.pdf, 251KB)

Figure 2a.  Anomaly maps for warm/dry conditions in the eastern interior Alaska study region. 500 mb heights are in gpm, sea-level pressure is in mb, temperature anomalies are in degrees C, and precipitation is expressed as percentages of normal. (Fig2a.jpg, 91KB / Fig2a.pdf, 612KB)

Figure 2b.  Anomaly maps for cold/dry conditions in the eastern interior Alaska study region. (Fig2b.jpg, 117KB / Fig2b.pdf, 649KB)

Figure 2c. Anomaly maps for warm/wet conditions in the eastern interior Alaska study region. (Fig2c.jpg, 113KB / Fig2c.pdf, 629KB)

Figure 2d. Anomaly maps for cold/wet conditions in the eastern interior Alaska study region. (Fig2d.jpg, 93KB / Fig2d.pdf, 609KB)

Table 2. Pollen and Lake-Status Evidence and Inferred Paleoclimates, Eastern Interior Alaska. (Table2.gif, 24KB / Table2.pdf, 440KB)