The linkage between autumn Barents-Kara sea ice and European cold winter extremes
While the Arctic's accelerated warming and sea ice decline have been associated with Eurasian cooling, debates persist between those attributing this to sea ice retreat and those to internal variability. Our study examines the association between autumn sea ice variability over the Barents-Kara...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:58643 2024-05-19T07:41:21+00:00 The linkage between autumn Barents-Kara sea ice and European cold winter extremes Cai, Di Lohmann, Gerrit Chen, Xianyao Ionita, Monica 2024-01-01 application/pdf https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/58643/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/58643/1/Di-Frontiers2024.pdf https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2024.1345763 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.c6b39325-3a68-4c06-b5b5-9053203fc81f unknown Frontiers https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/58643/1/Di-Frontiers2024.pdf Cai, D. , Lohmann, G. orcid:0000-0003-2089-733X , Chen, X. and Ionita, M. orcid:0000-0001-8240-4380 (2024) The linkage between autumn Barents-Kara sea ice and European cold winter extremes , Frontiers in Climate, 6 , p. 1345763 . doi:10.3389/fclim.2024.1345763 <https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2024.1345763> , hdl:10013/epic.c6b39325-3a68-4c06-b5b5-9053203fc81f EPIC3Frontiers in Climate, Frontiers, 6, pp. 1345763-1345763, ISSN: 2624-9553 Article isiRev 2024 ftawi https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2024.1345763 2024-04-23T23:38:07Z While the Arctic's accelerated warming and sea ice decline have been associated with Eurasian cooling, debates persist between those attributing this to sea ice retreat and those to internal variability. Our study examines the association between autumn sea ice variability over the Barents-Kara Seas and extreme cold winters in Europe. Using the observational data and composite analysis, we explore the interannual variability and the potential linkage between sea ice and atmospheric circulation patterns. It reveals a correlation with shifts toward a negative phase of North Atlantic Oscillation and more frequent episodes of the atmospheric blocking over Greenland and the North Atlantic. Furthermore, the negative phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation and enhanced blocking are closely related and mutually reinforcing, shaping the spatial distribution of cold anomalies over much of the European continent. Our results suggest a link between the unusual decrease in Barents-Kara Sea ice during autumn and the occurrence of intense European weather extremes in subsequent winter months, emphasizing the need for delving deeper into this relationship on monthly time scales to enhance our predictive capabilities for midlatitude extreme events. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Kara Sea North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation Sea ice Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Frontiers in Climate 6 |
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While the Arctic's accelerated warming and sea ice decline have been associated with Eurasian cooling, debates persist between those attributing this to sea ice retreat and those to internal variability. Our study examines the association between autumn sea ice variability over the Barents-Kara Seas and extreme cold winters in Europe. Using the observational data and composite analysis, we explore the interannual variability and the potential linkage between sea ice and atmospheric circulation patterns. It reveals a correlation with shifts toward a negative phase of North Atlantic Oscillation and more frequent episodes of the atmospheric blocking over Greenland and the North Atlantic. Furthermore, the negative phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation and enhanced blocking are closely related and mutually reinforcing, shaping the spatial distribution of cold anomalies over much of the European continent. Our results suggest a link between the unusual decrease in Barents-Kara Sea ice during autumn and the occurrence of intense European weather extremes in subsequent winter months, emphasizing the need for delving deeper into this relationship on monthly time scales to enhance our predictive capabilities for midlatitude extreme events. |
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Cai, Di Lohmann, Gerrit Chen, Xianyao Ionita, Monica The linkage between autumn Barents-Kara sea ice and European cold winter extremes |
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The linkage between autumn Barents-Kara sea ice and European cold winter extremes |
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The linkage between autumn Barents-Kara sea ice and European cold winter extremes |
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The linkage between autumn Barents-Kara sea ice and European cold winter extremes |
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The linkage between autumn Barents-Kara sea ice and European cold winter extremes |
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The linkage between autumn Barents-Kara sea ice and European cold winter extremes |
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linkage between autumn barents-kara sea ice and european cold winter extremes |
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https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/58643/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/58643/1/Di-Frontiers2024.pdf https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2024.1345763 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.c6b39325-3a68-4c06-b5b5-9053203fc81f |
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https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/58643/1/Di-Frontiers2024.pdf Cai, D. , Lohmann, G. orcid:0000-0003-2089-733X , Chen, X. and Ionita, M. orcid:0000-0001-8240-4380 (2024) The linkage between autumn Barents-Kara sea ice and European cold winter extremes , Frontiers in Climate, 6 , p. 1345763 . doi:10.3389/fclim.2024.1345763 <https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2024.1345763> , hdl:10013/epic.c6b39325-3a68-4c06-b5b5-9053203fc81f |
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