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Can preferred atmospheric circulation patterns over the North-Atlantic-Eurasian region be associated with arctic sea ice loss?
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Title: | Can preferred atmospheric circulation patterns over the North-Atlantic-Eurasian region be associated with arctic sea ice loss? |
Authors: | Crasemann, Berit Browse this author | Handorf, Doerthe Browse this author | Jaiser, Ralf Browse this author | Dethloff, Klaus Browse this author | Nakamura, Tetsu Browse this author →KAKEN DB | Ukita, Jinro Browse this author →KAKEN DB | Yamazaki, Koji Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
Keywords: | Atmospheric circulation regimes | Arctic-midlatitude linkages | Cluster analysis |
Issue Date: | Dec-2017 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Journal Title: | Polar Science |
Volume: | 14 |
Start Page: | 9 |
End Page: | 20 |
Publisher DOI: | 10.1016/j.polar.2017.09.002 |
Abstract: | In the framework of atmospheric circulation regimes, we study whether the recent Arctic sea ice loss and Arctic Amplification are associated with changes in the frequency of occurrence of preferred atmospheric circulation patterns during the extended winter season from December to March. To determine regimes we applied a cluster analysis to sea-level pressure fields from reanalysis data and output from an atmospheric general circulation model. The specific set up of the two analyzed model simulations for low and high ice conditions allows for attributing differences between the simulations to the prescribed sea ice changes only. The reanalysis data revealed two circulation patterns that occur more frequently for low Arctic sea ice conditions: a Scandinavian blocking in December and January and a negative North Atlantic Oscillation pattern in February and March. An analysis of related patterns of synoptic-scale activity and 2 m temperatures provides a synoptic interpretation of the corresponding large-scale regimes. The regimes that occur more frequently for low sea ice conditions are resembled reasonably well by the model simulations. Based on those results we conclude that the detected changes in the frequency of occurrence of large-scale circulation patterns can be associated with changes in Arctic sea ice conditions. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. |
Rights: | © 2017, Elsevier. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
Type: | article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/68177 |
Appears in Collections: | 環境科学院・地球環境科学研究院 (Graduate School of Environmental Science / Faculty of Environmental Earth Science) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 山崎 孝治
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