Physical characteristics of Eurasian winter temperature variability
Despite the on-going global warming, recent winters in Eurasian mid-latitudes were much colder than average. In an attempt to better understand the physical characteristics for cold Eurasian winters, major sources of variability in surface air temperature (SAT) are investigated based on cyclostation...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:52bc9bee8c454fe6abefef6209f2e64c 2023-09-05T13:16:11+02:00 Physical characteristics of Eurasian winter temperature variability Kwang-Yul Kim Seok-Woo Son 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/4/044009 https://doaj.org/article/52bc9bee8c454fe6abefef6209f2e64c EN eng IOP Publishing https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/4/044009 https://doaj.org/toc/1748-9326 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/4/044009 1748-9326 https://doaj.org/article/52bc9bee8c454fe6abefef6209f2e64c Environmental Research Letters, Vol 11, Iss 4, p 044009 (2016) Eurasian winter cooling Arctic sea ice loss Arctic amplification Arctic oscillation Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD1-1066 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Science Q Physics QC1-999 article 2016 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/4/044009 2023-08-13T00:37:52Z Despite the on-going global warming, recent winters in Eurasian mid-latitudes were much colder than average. In an attempt to better understand the physical characteristics for cold Eurasian winters, major sources of variability in surface air temperature (SAT) are investigated based on cyclostationary EOF analysis. The two leading modes of SAT variability represent the effect of Arctic amplification (AA) and the Arctic oscillation (AO), respectively. These two modes are distinct in terms of the physical characteristics, including surface energy fluxes and tropospheric circulations, and result in significantly different winter SAT patterns over the Eurasian continent. The AA-related SAT anomalies are dipolar with warm Arctic, centered at the Barents–Kara Seas, and cold East Asia. In contrast, the negative AO-related SAT anomalies are characterized by widespread cold anomalies in Northern Eurasia. Relative importance of the AA and the negative AO contributions to cold Eurasian winters is sensitive to the region of interest. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Global warming Sea ice Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Environmental Research Letters 11 4 044009 |
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Despite the on-going global warming, recent winters in Eurasian mid-latitudes were much colder than average. In an attempt to better understand the physical characteristics for cold Eurasian winters, major sources of variability in surface air temperature (SAT) are investigated based on cyclostationary EOF analysis. The two leading modes of SAT variability represent the effect of Arctic amplification (AA) and the Arctic oscillation (AO), respectively. These two modes are distinct in terms of the physical characteristics, including surface energy fluxes and tropospheric circulations, and result in significantly different winter SAT patterns over the Eurasian continent. The AA-related SAT anomalies are dipolar with warm Arctic, centered at the Barents–Kara Seas, and cold East Asia. In contrast, the negative AO-related SAT anomalies are characterized by widespread cold anomalies in Northern Eurasia. Relative importance of the AA and the negative AO contributions to cold Eurasian winters is sensitive to the region of interest. |
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Physical characteristics of Eurasian winter temperature variability |
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