The impact of vanishing Arctic sea ice on the climate of Ireland
Coupled climate models with increasing greenhouse gas concentrations and changing aerosol concentrations indicate an increase in the westerly airflow in mid-latitudes in winter as well as more extreme storms and precipitation events. However, declining Arctic sea ice may alter this projection. A sen...
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Met Eireann
2013
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| Online Access: | https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/34082/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/34082/1/IrelandsWeather-13092013.pdf http://www.met.ie/publications/IrelandsWeather-13092013.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.42456 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.42456.d001 |
| Summary: | Coupled climate models with increasing greenhouse gas concentrations and changing aerosol concentrations indicate an increase in the westerly airflow in mid-latitudes in winter as well as more extreme storms and precipitation events. However, declining Arctic sea ice may alter this projection. A sensitivity experiment run with the EC-Earth global model with Arctic sea ice removed shows a weakening of the westerly flow over Ireland. Such a change would increase the likelihood of cold continental air outbreaks over Ireland during winter. |
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