Arctic Ocean Warming Contributes to Reduced Polar Ice Cap
Analysis of modern and historical observations demonstrates that the temperature of the intermediate-depth (150-900 m) Atlantic water (AW) of the Arctic Ocean has increased in recent decades. The AW warming has been uneven in time; a local similar to 1 degrees C maximum was observed in the mid-1990s...
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ftuhipublicatio:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/6254a60e-2fa3-46e7-997e-96350dac09bf 2024-09-15T17:51:11+00:00 Arctic Ocean Warming Contributes to Reduced Polar Ice Cap Polyakov, Igor Timokhov, Leo Alexeev, Vladimir Bacon, Sheldon Dmitrenko, Igor Fortier, Louis Frolov, Ivan Gascard, Jean-Claud Hanson, Edmond Ivanov, Vladimir Laxon, Seymur Mauritzen, Cecilie Perovich, Don Simmons, Harper Steele, Mike Toole, John 2010 https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/6254a60e-2fa3-46e7-997e-96350dac09bf https://doi.org/10.1175/2010JPO4339.1 eng eng https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/6254a60e-2fa3-46e7-997e-96350dac09bf info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Polyakov , I , Timokhov , L , Alexeev , V , Bacon , S , Dmitrenko , I , Fortier , L , Frolov , I , Gascard , J-C , Hanson , E , Ivanov , V , Laxon , S , Mauritzen , C , Perovich , D , Simmons , H , Steele , M & Toole , J 2010 , ' Arctic Ocean Warming Contributes to Reduced Polar Ice Cap, ' , JPO , vol. 40 , no. 12 , pp. 2743-2756 . https://doi.org/10.1175/2010JPO4339.1 KASHEVAROV BANK TURBULENT DISSIPATION THERMOCLINE HEAT FLUXES VARIABILITY OKHOTSK SEA SEA-ICE HALOCLINE ATLANTIC WATER Oceanography DIURNAL TIDES article 2010 ftuhipublicatio https://doi.org/10.1175/2010JPO4339.1 2024-07-22T23:37:24Z Analysis of modern and historical observations demonstrates that the temperature of the intermediate-depth (150-900 m) Atlantic water (AW) of the Arctic Ocean has increased in recent decades. The AW warming has been uneven in time; a local similar to 1 degrees C maximum was observed in the mid-1990s, followed by an intervening minimum and an additional warming that culminated in 2007 with temperatures higher than in the 1990s by 0.24 degrees C. Relative to climatology from all data prior to 11999, the most extreme 2007 temperature anomalies of up to 1 degrees C and higher were observed in the Eurasian and Makarov Basins. The AW warming was associated with a substantial (up to 75-90 m) shoaling of the upper AW boundary in the central Arctic Ocean and weakening of the Eurasian Basin upper-ocean stratification. Taken together, these observations suggest that the changes in the Eurasian Basin facilitated greater upward transfer of AW heat to the ocean surface layer. Available limited observations and results from a ID ocean column model support this surmised upward spread of AW heat through the Eurasian Basin halocline. Experiments with a 3D coupled ice-ocean model in turn suggest a loss of 28-35 cm of ice thickness after similar to 50 yr in response to the 0.5 W m(-2) increase in AW ocean heat flux suggested by the 1D model. This amount of thinning is comparable to the 29 cm of ice thickness loss due to local atmospheric thermodynamic forcing estimated from observations of fast-ice thickness decline. The implication is that AW warming helped precondition the polar ice cap for the extreme ice loss observed in recent years. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Ocean Ice cap okhotsk sea Polar Ice Cap Sea ice University of the Highlands and Islands: Research Database of UHI Journal of Physical Oceanography 40 12 2743 2756 |
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KASHEVAROV BANK TURBULENT DISSIPATION THERMOCLINE HEAT FLUXES VARIABILITY OKHOTSK SEA SEA-ICE HALOCLINE ATLANTIC WATER Oceanography DIURNAL TIDES |
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KASHEVAROV BANK TURBULENT DISSIPATION THERMOCLINE HEAT FLUXES VARIABILITY OKHOTSK SEA SEA-ICE HALOCLINE ATLANTIC WATER Oceanography DIURNAL TIDES Polyakov, Igor Timokhov, Leo Alexeev, Vladimir Bacon, Sheldon Dmitrenko, Igor Fortier, Louis Frolov, Ivan Gascard, Jean-Claud Hanson, Edmond Ivanov, Vladimir Laxon, Seymur Mauritzen, Cecilie Perovich, Don Simmons, Harper Steele, Mike Toole, John Arctic Ocean Warming Contributes to Reduced Polar Ice Cap |
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Analysis of modern and historical observations demonstrates that the temperature of the intermediate-depth (150-900 m) Atlantic water (AW) of the Arctic Ocean has increased in recent decades. The AW warming has been uneven in time; a local similar to 1 degrees C maximum was observed in the mid-1990s, followed by an intervening minimum and an additional warming that culminated in 2007 with temperatures higher than in the 1990s by 0.24 degrees C. Relative to climatology from all data prior to 11999, the most extreme 2007 temperature anomalies of up to 1 degrees C and higher were observed in the Eurasian and Makarov Basins. The AW warming was associated with a substantial (up to 75-90 m) shoaling of the upper AW boundary in the central Arctic Ocean and weakening of the Eurasian Basin upper-ocean stratification. Taken together, these observations suggest that the changes in the Eurasian Basin facilitated greater upward transfer of AW heat to the ocean surface layer. Available limited observations and results from a ID ocean column model support this surmised upward spread of AW heat through the Eurasian Basin halocline. Experiments with a 3D coupled ice-ocean model in turn suggest a loss of 28-35 cm of ice thickness after similar to 50 yr in response to the 0.5 W m(-2) increase in AW ocean heat flux suggested by the 1D model. This amount of thinning is comparable to the 29 cm of ice thickness loss due to local atmospheric thermodynamic forcing estimated from observations of fast-ice thickness decline. The implication is that AW warming helped precondition the polar ice cap for the extreme ice loss observed in recent years. |
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Polyakov, Igor Timokhov, Leo Alexeev, Vladimir Bacon, Sheldon Dmitrenko, Igor Fortier, Louis Frolov, Ivan Gascard, Jean-Claud Hanson, Edmond Ivanov, Vladimir Laxon, Seymur Mauritzen, Cecilie Perovich, Don Simmons, Harper Steele, Mike Toole, John |
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Polyakov, Igor Timokhov, Leo Alexeev, Vladimir Bacon, Sheldon Dmitrenko, Igor Fortier, Louis Frolov, Ivan Gascard, Jean-Claud Hanson, Edmond Ivanov, Vladimir Laxon, Seymur Mauritzen, Cecilie Perovich, Don Simmons, Harper Steele, Mike Toole, John |
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Arctic Ocean Warming Contributes to Reduced Polar Ice Cap |
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Arctic Ocean Warming Contributes to Reduced Polar Ice Cap |
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Arctic Ocean Warming Contributes to Reduced Polar Ice Cap |
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Arctic Ocean Warming Contributes to Reduced Polar Ice Cap |
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Arctic Ocean Warming Contributes to Reduced Polar Ice Cap |
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arctic ocean warming contributes to reduced polar ice cap |
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Polyakov , I , Timokhov , L , Alexeev , V , Bacon , S , Dmitrenko , I , Fortier , L , Frolov , I , Gascard , J-C , Hanson , E , Ivanov , V , Laxon , S , Mauritzen , C , Perovich , D , Simmons , H , Steele , M & Toole , J 2010 , ' Arctic Ocean Warming Contributes to Reduced Polar Ice Cap, ' , JPO , vol. 40 , no. 12 , pp. 2743-2756 . https://doi.org/10.1175/2010JPO4339.1 |
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