Strengthened impact of late autumn Arctic sea ice on Asian winter cold extremes after 1999/2000
Abstract Winter cold extremes (WCEs) frequently plague densely populated areas of Asia, leading to substantial economic losses and even fatalities. It has been found that the late autumn sea ice concentration (SIC) anomalies in the northern (SICN) and southern Arctic (SICS) are significantly positiv...
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crioppubl:10.1088/1748-9326/ad57d5 2024-09-15T18:02:13+00:00 Strengthened impact of late autumn Arctic sea ice on Asian winter cold extremes after 1999/2000 Wang, Cen Su, Hui Zheng, Jianqiu Yu, Shiwei Jiang, Linwei Mo, Huisi Innovation and Technology Commission Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust 2024 http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad57d5 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad57d5 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad57d5/pdf unknown IOP Publishing http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://iopscience.iop.org/info/page/text-and-data-mining Environmental Research Letters volume 19, issue 7, page 074045 ISSN 1748-9326 journal-article 2024 crioppubl https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad57d5 2024-07-01T04:12:48Z Abstract Winter cold extremes (WCEs) frequently plague densely populated areas of Asia, leading to substantial economic losses and even fatalities. It has been found that the late autumn sea ice concentration (SIC) anomalies in the northern (SICN) and southern Arctic (SICS) are significantly positively and negatively correlated with the occurrence frequency of WCE in Asia, respectively (Wang and Su 2024). Our study demonstrates that the impacts of SICN and SICS have strengthened after 1999/2000. Specifically, before 1999/2000, the influences of SICN and SICS on the Asian WCE (AWCE) were relatively weak, possibly related to the weak intensity of SICS and the limited correlation between SICN and SICS. After 1999/2000, the interannual variability of SICS became larger and anti-correlated with that of SICN, resulting in a stronger teleconnection between the Arctic SIC and AWCE. It is revealed that after 1999/2000, the greater loss of SICS modified atmospheric stability through changes in surface heat fluxes and surface upward longwave radiation fluxes. This alteration weakened the magnitudes of westerly winds and increased the frequency of blocking events over the northern Eurasian continent, leading directly to a higher occurrence of cold extremes in Asia. These interdecadal differences in the influence of Arctic SIC on AWCE may be associated with long-term climate change. Article in Journal/Newspaper Climate change Sea ice IOP Publishing Environmental Research Letters 19 7 074045 |
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Abstract Winter cold extremes (WCEs) frequently plague densely populated areas of Asia, leading to substantial economic losses and even fatalities. It has been found that the late autumn sea ice concentration (SIC) anomalies in the northern (SICN) and southern Arctic (SICS) are significantly positively and negatively correlated with the occurrence frequency of WCE in Asia, respectively (Wang and Su 2024). Our study demonstrates that the impacts of SICN and SICS have strengthened after 1999/2000. Specifically, before 1999/2000, the influences of SICN and SICS on the Asian WCE (AWCE) were relatively weak, possibly related to the weak intensity of SICS and the limited correlation between SICN and SICS. After 1999/2000, the interannual variability of SICS became larger and anti-correlated with that of SICN, resulting in a stronger teleconnection between the Arctic SIC and AWCE. It is revealed that after 1999/2000, the greater loss of SICS modified atmospheric stability through changes in surface heat fluxes and surface upward longwave radiation fluxes. This alteration weakened the magnitudes of westerly winds and increased the frequency of blocking events over the northern Eurasian continent, leading directly to a higher occurrence of cold extremes in Asia. These interdecadal differences in the influence of Arctic SIC on AWCE may be associated with long-term climate change. |
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Wang, Cen Su, Hui Zheng, Jianqiu Yu, Shiwei Jiang, Linwei Mo, Huisi |
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Wang, Cen Su, Hui Zheng, Jianqiu Yu, Shiwei Jiang, Linwei Mo, Huisi Strengthened impact of late autumn Arctic sea ice on Asian winter cold extremes after 1999/2000 |
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Wang, Cen Su, Hui Zheng, Jianqiu Yu, Shiwei Jiang, Linwei Mo, Huisi |
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Strengthened impact of late autumn Arctic sea ice on Asian winter cold extremes after 1999/2000 |
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Strengthened impact of late autumn Arctic sea ice on Asian winter cold extremes after 1999/2000 |
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Strengthened impact of late autumn Arctic sea ice on Asian winter cold extremes after 1999/2000 |
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Strengthened impact of late autumn Arctic sea ice on Asian winter cold extremes after 1999/2000 |
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Strengthened impact of late autumn Arctic sea ice on Asian winter cold extremes after 1999/2000 |
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strengthened impact of late autumn arctic sea ice on asian winter cold extremes after 1999/2000 |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad57d5 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad57d5 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad57d5/pdf |
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Environmental Research Letters volume 19, issue 7, page 074045 ISSN 1748-9326 |
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