Present Temperature, Precipitation, and Rain‐on‐Snow Climate in Svalbard
The Svalbard Archipelago has undergone rapid warming in the recent decades leading to warmer and wetter winter conditions. This study relates the present (2013–2018) 2 m temperature, precipitation, and rain-on-snow (ROS) climate in Svalbard to different atmospheric circulation (AC) types utilizing t...
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ftunivbergen:oai:bora.uib.no:11250/2761478 2023-05-15T15:09:30+02:00 Present Temperature, Precipitation, and Rain‐on‐Snow Climate in Svalbard Wickström, Siiri Jonassen, Marius Opsanger Cassano, John J. Vihma, Timo Pekka 2020 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2761478 https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD032155 eng eng Wiley https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2019JD032155 urn:issn:2169-897X https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2761478 https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD032155 cristin:1854270 Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2020, 125 (14), e2019JD032155. Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no Copyright 2020. The Authors. e2019JD032155 Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Atmospheres 125 14 Journal article Peer reviewed 2020 ftunivbergen https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD032155 2023-03-14T17:39:01Z The Svalbard Archipelago has undergone rapid warming in the recent decades leading to warmer and wetter winter conditions. This study relates the present (2013–2018) 2 m temperature, precipitation, and rain-on-snow (ROS) climate in Svalbard to different atmospheric circulation (AC) types utilizing the high-resolution numerical weather prediction model Application of Research to Operations at Mesoscale (AROME)-Arctic. We find that the 2 m median temperatures vary most across AC types in winter and spring and in summer they vary the least. In all seasons the 10th percentile 2 m temperatures are above 0°C with southwesterly AC types over Svalbard. In comparison, the relationship between AC type and precipitation varies more spatially, with most accumulated precipitation and highest median precipitation intensities with onshore flow over open water. Our results suggest that sea ice explains a large part of the local variability in both 2 m temperature and precipitation. In the studied period ROS is a frequent phenomenon up to 150 m above sea level (ASL) on land, with most events in the southwestern parts of the archipelago (57 cases during five winter seasons). ROS events in winter occur predominantly with AC types from the southerly sector or during a low-pressure center/trough passage. The southwesterly cyclonic AC type, with a low-pressure center west of Svalbard, is the most frequent AC type for ROS events. In addition to being the most frequent, the southwesterly AC has the largest spatial coverage of ROS. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Sea ice Svalbard University of Bergen: Bergen Open Research Archive (BORA-UiB) Arctic Svalbard Svalbard Archipelago Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 125 14 |
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The Svalbard Archipelago has undergone rapid warming in the recent decades leading to warmer and wetter winter conditions. This study relates the present (2013–2018) 2 m temperature, precipitation, and rain-on-snow (ROS) climate in Svalbard to different atmospheric circulation (AC) types utilizing the high-resolution numerical weather prediction model Application of Research to Operations at Mesoscale (AROME)-Arctic. We find that the 2 m median temperatures vary most across AC types in winter and spring and in summer they vary the least. In all seasons the 10th percentile 2 m temperatures are above 0°C with southwesterly AC types over Svalbard. In comparison, the relationship between AC type and precipitation varies more spatially, with most accumulated precipitation and highest median precipitation intensities with onshore flow over open water. Our results suggest that sea ice explains a large part of the local variability in both 2 m temperature and precipitation. In the studied period ROS is a frequent phenomenon up to 150 m above sea level (ASL) on land, with most events in the southwestern parts of the archipelago (57 cases during five winter seasons). ROS events in winter occur predominantly with AC types from the southerly sector or during a low-pressure center/trough passage. The southwesterly cyclonic AC type, with a low-pressure center west of Svalbard, is the most frequent AC type for ROS events. In addition to being the most frequent, the southwesterly AC has the largest spatial coverage of ROS. publishedVersion |
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Wickström, Siiri Jonassen, Marius Opsanger Cassano, John J. Vihma, Timo Pekka |
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Wickström, Siiri Jonassen, Marius Opsanger Cassano, John J. Vihma, Timo Pekka Present Temperature, Precipitation, and Rain‐on‐Snow Climate in Svalbard |
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Wickström, Siiri Jonassen, Marius Opsanger Cassano, John J. Vihma, Timo Pekka |
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Present Temperature, Precipitation, and Rain‐on‐Snow Climate in Svalbard |
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Present Temperature, Precipitation, and Rain‐on‐Snow Climate in Svalbard |
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Present Temperature, Precipitation, and Rain‐on‐Snow Climate in Svalbard |
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Present Temperature, Precipitation, and Rain‐on‐Snow Climate in Svalbard |
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Present Temperature, Precipitation, and Rain‐on‐Snow Climate in Svalbard |
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present temperature, precipitation, and rain‐on‐snow climate in svalbard |
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