On the discrepancy between observed and CMIP5 multi-model simulated Barents Sea winter sea ice decline

The relative roles of external forcing versus internal variability in the Barents Sea winter sea ice decline since 1979 remain unconstrained. Here, the authors show that enhanced Atlantic heat transport into the Barents Sea associated with regional internal variability may have played a leading role...

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Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Dawei Li, Rong Zhang, Thomas R. Knutson
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
Subjects:
Science
Q
Barents Sea
Sea ice
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14991
https://doaj.org/article/02eef13fc81246359ddbb326f779862a
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Summary:The relative roles of external forcing versus internal variability in the Barents Sea winter sea ice decline since 1979 remain unconstrained. Here, the authors show that enhanced Atlantic heat transport into the Barents Sea associated with regional internal variability may have played a leading role.

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