December 2016: Linking the lowest Arctic sea-ice extent on record with the lowest European predipcitation event on record

Our study suggests that record-breaking low precipitation over parts of western Europe during December 2016 may have been favored by an unprecedented reduction of Arctic sea ice, likely driven by anthropogenic climate change.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Main Authors:	Acosta Navarro, Juan, Ortega, Pablo, GarcÃa-Serrano, Javier, Guemas, Virginie, Tourigny, Etienne, Cruz-GarcÃa, RubÃ©n, Massonnet, FranÃ§ois, Doblas-Reyes, Francisco
Other Authors:	UCL - SST/ELI/ELIC - Earth & Climate
Format:	Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:	English
Published:	American meteorological society 2018
Subjects:	Arctic Climate change Sea ice
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/208914 https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0097.1

Description
Summary:	Our study suggests that record-breaking low precipitation over parts of western Europe during December 2016 may have been favored by an unprecedented reduction of Arctic sea ice, likely driven by anthropogenic climate change.