Arctic circulation regimes
Between 1948 and 1996, mean annual environmental parameters in the Arctic experienced a well-pronounced decadal variability with two basic circulation patterns: cyclonic and anticyclonic alternating at 5 to 7 year intervals. During cyclonic regimes, low sea-level atmospheric pressure (SLP) dominated...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:4607701 2023-05-15T14:32:22+02:00 Arctic circulation regimes Proshutinsky, Andrey Dukhovskoy, Dmitry Timmermans, Mary-Louise Krishfield, Richard Bamber, Jonathan L. 2015-10-13 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4607701/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26347536 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2014.0160 en eng The Royal Society Publishing http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4607701/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26347536 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2014.0160 © 2015 The Authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited. CC-BY Articles Text 2015 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2014.0160 2015-11-08T01:36:31Z Between 1948 and 1996, mean annual environmental parameters in the Arctic experienced a well-pronounced decadal variability with two basic circulation patterns: cyclonic and anticyclonic alternating at 5 to 7 year intervals. During cyclonic regimes, low sea-level atmospheric pressure (SLP) dominated over the Arctic Ocean driving sea ice and the upper ocean counterclockwise; the Arctic atmosphere was relatively warm and humid, and freshwater flux from the Arctic Ocean towards the subarctic seas was intensified. By contrast, during anticylonic circulation regimes, high SLP dominated driving sea ice and the upper ocean clockwise. Meanwhile, the atmosphere was cold and dry and the freshwater flux from the Arctic to the subarctic seas was reduced. Since 1997, however, the Arctic system has been under the influence of an anticyclonic circulation regime (17 years) with a set of environmental parameters that are atypical for this regime. We discuss a hypothesis explaining the causes and mechanisms regulating the intensity and duration of Arctic circulation regimes, and speculate how changes in freshwater fluxes from the Arctic Ocean and Greenland impact environmental conditions and interrupt their decadal variability. Text Arctic Arctic Ocean Greenland Sea ice Subarctic PubMed Central (PMC) Arctic Arctic Ocean Greenland Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 373 2052 20140160 |
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Between 1948 and 1996, mean annual environmental parameters in the Arctic experienced a well-pronounced decadal variability with two basic circulation patterns: cyclonic and anticyclonic alternating at 5 to 7 year intervals. During cyclonic regimes, low sea-level atmospheric pressure (SLP) dominated over the Arctic Ocean driving sea ice and the upper ocean counterclockwise; the Arctic atmosphere was relatively warm and humid, and freshwater flux from the Arctic Ocean towards the subarctic seas was intensified. By contrast, during anticylonic circulation regimes, high SLP dominated driving sea ice and the upper ocean clockwise. Meanwhile, the atmosphere was cold and dry and the freshwater flux from the Arctic to the subarctic seas was reduced. Since 1997, however, the Arctic system has been under the influence of an anticyclonic circulation regime (17 years) with a set of environmental parameters that are atypical for this regime. We discuss a hypothesis explaining the causes and mechanisms regulating the intensity and duration of Arctic circulation regimes, and speculate how changes in freshwater fluxes from the Arctic Ocean and Greenland impact environmental conditions and interrupt their decadal variability. |
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