Revisiting the Cause of the 1989-2009 Arctic Surface Warming Using the Surface Energy Budget: Downward Infrared Radiation Dominates the Surface Fluxes

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Lee, Sukyoung, Gong, Tingting, Feldstein, Steven B., Screen, James A., Simmonds, Ian
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION 2017
• Subjects: Geology; Geosciences; Multidisciplinary; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Simmonds; albedo
• Online Access: http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/157370; http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/157371; https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL075375

The Arctic has been warming faster than elsewhere, especially during the cold season. According to the leading theory, ice-albedo feedback warms the Arctic Ocean during the summer, and the heat gained by the ocean is released during the winter, causing the cold-season warming. Screen and Simmonds (2...