Interactions between the atmosphere, cryosphere, and ecosystems at northern high latitudes

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: Boy, Michael, Thomson, Erik, Acosta Navarro, Juan C., Arnalds, Olafur, Batchvarova, Ekaterina, Bäck, Jaana, Berninger, Frank, Bilde, Merete, Brasseur, Zoé, Dagsson-Waldhauserova, Pavla, Castarède, Dimitri, Dalirian, Maryam, de Leeuw, Gerrit, Dragosics, Monika, Duplissy, Ella-Maria, Duplissy, Jonathan, Ekman, Annica, Fang, Keyan, Gallet, Jean-Charles, Glasius, Marianne, Gryning, Sven-Erik, Grythe, Henrik, Hansson, Hans-Christen, Hansson, Margareta, Isaksson, Elisabeth, Iversen, Trond, Jonsdottir, Ingibjorg, Kasurinen, Ville, Kirkevåg, Alf, Korhola, Atte A., Krejci, Radovan, Kristjánsson, Jón Egill, Lappalainen, Hanna K., Lauri, Anniina, Leppäranta, Matti, Lihavainen, Heikki, Makkonen, Risto, Massling, Andreas, Meinander, Outi, Nilsson, Douglas, Olafsson, Haraldur, Pettersson, Jan B.C., Prisle, Nønne, Riipinen, Ilona, Roldin, Pontus, Ruppel, Meri, Salter, Matthew, Sand, Maria, Seland, Øyvind, Seppä, Heikki
• Other Authors: Auðlinda- og umhverfisdeild (LBHÍ), Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (AUI), Raunvísindadeild (HÍ), Faculty of Physical Sciences (UI), Jarðvísindastofnun (HÍ), Institute of Earth Sciences (UI), Umhverfis- og auðlindafræði (HÍ), Environment and Natural Resources (UI), Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI), Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands, Agricultural University of Iceland, Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus GmbH 2019
• Subjects: Atmospheric Science; Ecosystems; Arctic climate; Loftslagsrannsóknir; Vistkerfi; Arctic; Climate change
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1346; https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-2015-2019

The Nordic Centre of Excellence CRAICC (Cryosphere–Atmosphere Interactions in a Changing Arctic Climate), funded by NordForsk in the years 2011–2016, is the largest joint Nordic research and innovation initiative to date, aiming to strengthen research and innovation regarding climate change issues in the Nordic region. CRAICC gathered more than 100 scientists from all Nordic countries in a virtual centre with the objectives of identifying and quantifying the major processes controlling Arctic warming and related feedback mechanisms, outlining strategies to mitigate Arctic warming, and developing Nordic Earth system modelling with a focus on short-lived climate forcers (SLCFs), including natural and anthropogenic aerosols. The outcome of CRAICC is reflected in more than 150 peer-reviewed scientific publications, most of which are in the CRAICC special issue of the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. This paper presents an overview of the main scientific topics investigated in the centre and provides the reader with a state-of-the-art comprehensive summary of what has been achieved in CRAICC with links to the particular publications for further detail. Faced with a vast amount of scientific discovery, we do not claim to completely summarize the results from CRAICC within this paper, but rather concentrate here on the main results which are related to feedback loops in climate change–cryosphere interactions that affect Arctic amplification. The CRAICC team acknowledges the following institutions for financial support: the Finnish Cultural Foundation grant, Markku Kulmala “International Working Groups”; Russian mega-grant no. 11.G34.31.0048 (University of Nizhny Novgorod); Academy of Finland contracts 259537, 257411, and 254195; Beautiful Beijing (Finland–China collaboration project) funded by TEKES; Nordforsk CRAICC-PEEX (amendment to contract 26060); CRAICC-CRUCIAL (project no. 81257); Icelandic Research Fund (Rannis) grant no. 152248-051; Danish Environmental Protection Agency with means from the Dancea ...