eprintid: 96
rev_number: 4
eprint_status: archive
userid: 5
dir: disk0/00/00/00/96
datestamp: 2007-02-15
lastmod: 2015-05-29 19:47:19
status_changed: 2009-04-08 16:54:06
type: report
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creators_name: van der Berg, Jan Bouwe
creators_name: Davydova, Natalia
creators_name: van de Fliert, Barbera
creators_name: Peeters, Frank
creators_name: Planqué, Bob
creators_name: van der Ploeg, Harmen
creators_name: Terra, Guido
title: Reconstruction of sea surface temperatures from the oxygen isotope composition of fossil planktic foraminifera.
ispublished: pub
subjects: other
studygroups: esgi42
companyname: NIOZ
full_text_status: public
abstract: Knowledge of the historic surface temperature of sea water is of importance for the calibration of climate models. The oxygen isotope composition of the shells of several species of planktic foraminifera can be used as a measure for this sea surface temperature. In this paper we investigate how mathematical models can contribute to the process of extracting information about the temperature at which the foraminifera lived from measurement of the oxygen isotope composition of  their shells. A simple model is proposed which captures both the average and the variability of the temperature. Preliminary findings suggest that this model forms a solid basis for future research.
date: 2002-02-22
date_type: published
pages: 31
citation:   van der Berg, Jan Bouwe and Davydova, Natalia and van de Fliert, Barbera and Peeters, Frank and Planqué, Bob and van der Ploeg, Harmen and Terra, Guido  (2002) Reconstruction of sea surface temperatures from the oxygen isotope composition of fossil planktic foraminifera.  [Study Group Report]     
document_url: http://miis.maths.ox.ac.uk/miis/96/1/NIOZproc.pdf