Rapid Warming Over East Antarctica Since the 1940s Caused by Increasing Influence of El Niño Southern Oscillation and Southern Annular Mode
El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), Interdecadal Pacific Oscillations (IPO), and their phase relation with the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) largely control Antarctic climate variability. The relative roles of these climate modes remain elusive, particularly in the backdrop of global warming. In this...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:cce896f559a5402097601579110d7d1b 2023-05-15T13:58:51+02:00 Rapid Warming Over East Antarctica Since the 1940s Caused by Increasing Influence of El Niño Southern Oscillation and Southern Annular Mode Tariq Ejaz Waliur Rahaman C. M. Laluraj K. Mahalinganathan Meloth Thamban 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.799613 https://doaj.org/article/cce896f559a5402097601579110d7d1b EN eng Frontiers Media S.A. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.799613/full https://doaj.org/toc/2296-6463 2296-6463 doi:10.3389/feart.2022.799613 https://doaj.org/article/cce896f559a5402097601579110d7d1b Frontiers in Earth Science, Vol 10 (2022) Antarctica ice core SAM ENSO IPO Science Q article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.799613 2022-12-30T22:46:49Z El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), Interdecadal Pacific Oscillations (IPO), and their phase relation with the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) largely control Antarctic climate variability. The relative roles of these climate modes remain elusive, particularly in the backdrop of global warming. In this study, we present a seasonally resolved new ice core (IND33) record of oxygen isotope (δ18O) for the past two centuries (1809–2013 CE) from coastal Dronning Maud Land (DML) to investigate the role of these climate modes in the Antarctic temperature variability and trend. Our investigation based on this record combined with available records from the DML region reveals that ∼32% variability in δ18O records is related to late spring to summer (Nov–Dec–Jan) temperature rather than the mean annual temperature. This indicates that reconstructed annual temperature based on Antarctic ice core δ18O records could be biased toward the temperature of the months/seasons of higher precipitation with low-moderate wind speed, which are suitable for better preservation of the ice core signal. We have reconstructed the DML temperature record of the past two centuries (1809–2019 CE) at an annual resolution based on the δ18O ice core record (1809–1993 CE) combined with the recent ERA5 surface air temperature record (1994–2019 CE). The reconstructed temperature anomaly record reveals a significant cooling trend in the 19th century during 1809–1907 CE with a rate of −0.164 ± 0.045°C decade−1 followed by a warming trend from the mid-20th to early 21st centuries (1942–2019 CE) with a rate of +0.452 ± 0.056°C decade−1. This long-term warming trend since the 1940s coincides with the increase in ENSO events and its strong antiphase relation with SAM, suggesting an increasing influence of SAM–ENSO coupling in modulating the DML temperature in recent decades. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica DML Dronning Maud Land East Antarctica ice core Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Antarctic Dronning Maud Land East Antarctica Pacific The Antarctic Frontiers in Earth Science 10 |
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El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), Interdecadal Pacific Oscillations (IPO), and their phase relation with the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) largely control Antarctic climate variability. The relative roles of these climate modes remain elusive, particularly in the backdrop of global warming. In this study, we present a seasonally resolved new ice core (IND33) record of oxygen isotope (δ18O) for the past two centuries (1809–2013 CE) from coastal Dronning Maud Land (DML) to investigate the role of these climate modes in the Antarctic temperature variability and trend. Our investigation based on this record combined with available records from the DML region reveals that ∼32% variability in δ18O records is related to late spring to summer (Nov–Dec–Jan) temperature rather than the mean annual temperature. This indicates that reconstructed annual temperature based on Antarctic ice core δ18O records could be biased toward the temperature of the months/seasons of higher precipitation with low-moderate wind speed, which are suitable for better preservation of the ice core signal. We have reconstructed the DML temperature record of the past two centuries (1809–2019 CE) at an annual resolution based on the δ18O ice core record (1809–1993 CE) combined with the recent ERA5 surface air temperature record (1994–2019 CE). The reconstructed temperature anomaly record reveals a significant cooling trend in the 19th century during 1809–1907 CE with a rate of −0.164 ± 0.045°C decade−1 followed by a warming trend from the mid-20th to early 21st centuries (1942–2019 CE) with a rate of +0.452 ± 0.056°C decade−1. This long-term warming trend since the 1940s coincides with the increase in ENSO events and its strong antiphase relation with SAM, suggesting an increasing influence of SAM–ENSO coupling in modulating the DML temperature in recent decades. |
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Rapid Warming Over East Antarctica Since the 1940s Caused by Increasing Influence of El Niño Southern Oscillation and Southern Annular Mode |
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Rapid Warming Over East Antarctica Since the 1940s Caused by Increasing Influence of El Niño Southern Oscillation and Southern Annular Mode |
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Rapid Warming Over East Antarctica Since the 1940s Caused by Increasing Influence of El Niño Southern Oscillation and Southern Annular Mode |
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Rapid Warming Over East Antarctica Since the 1940s Caused by Increasing Influence of El Niño Southern Oscillation and Southern Annular Mode |
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Rapid Warming Over East Antarctica Since the 1940s Caused by Increasing Influence of El Niño Southern Oscillation and Southern Annular Mode |
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rapid warming over east antarctica since the 1940s caused by increasing influence of el niño southern oscillation and southern annular mode |
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