Future loss of Arctic sea-ice cover could drive a substantial decrease in California’s rainfall

Persistent atmospheric ridging in the North Pacific steered storms away and led to the California drought of 2012-16. Here the authors use simulations to show that sea-ice changes trigger reorganization of tropical convection resulting in drying over California.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Ivana Cvijanovic, Benjamin D. Santer, Céline Bonfils, Donald D. Lucas, John C. H. Chiang, Susan Zimmerman
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
Subjects:
Science
Q
Arctic
Pacific
Sea ice
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01907-4
https://doaj.org/article/375393cad040406f9a66c26e9d9bbe84
Description
Summary:Persistent atmospheric ridging in the North Pacific steered storms away and led to the California drought of 2012-16. Here the authors use simulations to show that sea-ice changes trigger reorganization of tropical convection resulting in drying over California.

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