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25 Nov 2020
Research article |
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| 25 Nov 2020
Analyzing links between simulated Laptev Sea sea ice and atmospheric conditions over adjoining landmasses using causal-effect networks
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstraße 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling, Bundesstraße 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
formerly at: Universität Hamburg, Bundesstr. 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Anne Laura Niederdrenk
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstraße 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Lars Kaleschke
Alfred Wegener Institute, Klußmannstr. 3d, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
formerly at: Universität Hamburg, Bundesstr. 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Lars Kutzbach
Universität Hamburg, Allende-Platz 2, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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X. Tian-Kunze, L. Kaleschke, N. Maaß, M. Mäkynen, N. Serra, M. Drusch, and T. Krumpen
The Cryosphere, 8, 997–1018, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-997-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-997-2014, 2014
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The Cryosphere, 8, 439–451, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-439-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-439-2014, 2014
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A. Tetzlaff, L. Kaleschke, C. Lüpkes, F. Ament, and T. Vihma
The Cryosphere, 7, 153–166, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-153-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-153-2013, 2013
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Discipline: Sea ice | Subject: Climate Interactions
Forced and internal components of observed Arctic sea-ice changes
Network connectivity between the winter Arctic Oscillation and summer sea ice in CMIP6 models and observations
The contribution of melt ponds to enhanced Arctic sea-ice melt during the Last Interglacial
Clouds damp the radiative impacts of polar sea ice loss
Jakob Simon Dörr, David B. Bonan, Marius Årthun, Lea Svendsen, and Robert C. J. Wills
The Cryosphere, 17, 4133–4153, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-4133-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-4133-2023, 2023
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The Arctic sea-ice cover is retreating due to climate change, but this retreat is influenced by natural (internal) variability in the climate system. We use a new statistical method to investigate how much internal variability has affected trends in the summer and winter Arctic sea-ice cover using observations since 1979. Our results suggest that the impact of internal variability on sea-ice retreat might be lower than what climate models have estimated.
William Gregory, Julienne Stroeve, and Michel Tsamados
The Cryosphere, 16, 1653–1673, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-1653-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-1653-2022, 2022
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This research was conducted to better understand how coupled climate models simulate one of the large-scale interactions between the atmosphere and Arctic sea ice that we see in observational data, the accurate representation of which is important for producing reliable forecasts of Arctic sea ice on seasonal to inter-annual timescales. With network theory, this work shows that models do not reflect this interaction well on average, which is likely due to regional biases in sea ice thickness.
Rachel Diamond, Louise C. Sime, David Schroeder, and Maria-Vittoria Guarino
The Cryosphere, 15, 5099–5114, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5099-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5099-2021, 2021
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The Hadley Centre Global Environment Model version 3 (HadGEM3) is the first coupled climate model to simulate an ice-free summer Arctic during the Last Interglacial (LIG), 127 000 years ago, and yields accurate Arctic surface temperatures. We investigate the causes and impacts of this extreme simulated ice loss and, in particular, the role of melt ponds.
Ramdane Alkama, Patrick C. Taylor, Lorea Garcia-San Martin, Herve Douville, Gregory Duveiller, Giovanni Forzieri, Didier Swingedouw, and Alessandro Cescatti
The Cryosphere, 14, 2673–2686, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2673-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2673-2020, 2020
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The amount of solar energy absorbed by Earth is believed to strongly depend on clouds. Here, we investigate this relationship using satellite data and 32 climate models, showing that this relationship holds everywhere except over polar seas, where an increased reflection by clouds corresponds to an increase in absorbed solar radiation at the surface. This interplay between clouds and sea ice reduces by half the increase of net radiation at the surface that follows the sea ice retreat.
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To better understand the connection between sea ice and permafrost, we investigate how sea ice interacts with the atmosphere over the adjacent landmass in the Laptev Sea region using a climate model. Melt of sea ice in spring is mainly controlled by the atmosphere; in fall, feedback mechanisms are important. Throughout summer, lower-than-usual sea ice leads to more southward transport of heat and moisture, but these links from sea ice to the atmosphere over land are weak.
To better understand the connection between sea ice and permafrost, we investigate how sea ice...
