Milankowitch's solar radiation: Figure of solar radiation
Timeseries of incomming solar radiation at 65 N
according to the astronomic theory (Berger, 1978)
Pictures of
terminations of Pleistocene glaciations
as revealed by ice cores,
sudden cooling after the last deglaciation ( Younger Dryas),
the formation
of ice sheets,
Vostok ice core,
CO2 record (Barnola et al., 1987)
dust record
In Lohmann and Lorenz (1998)
the hydrological cycle under paleoclimatic conditions
is analyzed for different time slices of the late Quaternary.
The simulations with an AGCM reveal the water vapor paths showing the net evaporative and net
precipitative regions on earth.
The late Quaternary is the time span of the last 800,000 years where the 100,000 year-cycle is found to be dominant for the glacial-interglacial changes (Hays et al., 1976).
The time slices considered represent important stages during the last cycle:
The Glacial Inception at 115,000 years before present (BP), marks the begin,
the Last Glacial Maximum (21,000 yr BP) the cold extreme of the last glacial,
and the Climate Optimum (6,000 yr BP) represents the warm interglacial (Imbrie et al., 1984).
Figure of solar radiation for these time slices
