Polar Climate Change as Manifest in Atmospheric Circulation

• Published in: Current Climate Change Reports
• Main Authors: Screen, J. A., Bracegirdle, T. J., Simmonds, I.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Springer International Publishing 2018
• Subjects: Climate Change and Atmospheric Circulation (R Chadwick; Section Editor); Antarctic; Arctic; Chadwick; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Climate change
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6411204/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s40641-018-0111-4

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Dynamic manifestations of climate change, i.e. those related to circulation, are less well understood than are thermodynamic, or temperature-related aspects. However, this knowledge gap is narrowing. We review recent progress in understanding the causes of observed changes in pola...