The linkage between Arctic sea ice changes and mid-latitude atmospheric circulation in reanalysis data and model simulations— The role of barotropic-baroclinic interactions
bserved global warming trends have their maximum in Arctic regions, a phenomenon referred to as Arctic Amplification. Consequently, Arctic sea ice shows a strong decreasing trend. These changes imprint modifications on atmospheric flow patterns not only in Arctic regions themselves. Changes of telec...
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| Format: | Conference Object |
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2017
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| Online Access: | https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/43971/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/43971/1/handorf_etal_2017_linkages_poster_landscape_v03.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.50382 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.50382.d001 |
| Summary: | bserved global warming trends have their maximum in Arctic regions, a phenomenon referred to as Arctic Amplification. Consequently, Arctic sea ice shows a strong decreasing trend. These changes imprint modifications on atmospheric flow patterns not only in Arctic regions themselves. Changes of teleconnections and planetary scale motions like Rossby wave trains affect mid-latitude climate as well. In extension to the studies by Jaiser et al. (abstract submitted) here we study the impact of sea-ice changes on changes in atmospheric synoptic and planetary waves. Therefore, we analyse the atmospheric kinetic energy spectra for ERA-Interim reanalysis and the properly designed Atmospheric General Circulation Model (AGCM) experiments with prescribed sea-ice changes (cf. abstract by Jaiser et al.). Special emphasis has been put on the the role of barotropic-baroclinic interactions and corresponding changes in the tropospheric planetary wave trains by examining the nonlinear kinetic energy and enstrophy interaction and subsequent redistribution of kinetic energy and enstrophy. |
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