Climate of the Past Discussions www.clim-past-discuss.net 1814-9340 1814-9359 6 4 2010 10.5194/cpd-6-1503-2010 http://www.clim-past-discuss.net/6/1503/2010/ http://www.clim-past-discuss.net/6/1503/2010/cpd-6-1503-2010.html http://www.clim-past-discuss.net/6/1503/2010/cpd-6-1503-2010.pdf 1503 1523 2010-08-13 Warm Nordic Seas delayed glacial inception in Scandinavia A. Born andreas.born@bjerknes.uib.no M. Kageyama K. H. Nisancioglu Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et l'Environnement, Gif sur Yvette, France We simulate the last glacial inception, 115 000 years ago, with a three dimensional thermomechanical ice sheet model of the Northern Hemisphere, forced by a comprehensive coupled climate model. High oceanic heat transport into the Nordic Seas prevents large scale ice growth over Scandinavia. 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