Stormbaner ved ulikt isdekke i Labradorhavet

The seaice in the Arctic is an important component in the climate system, and plays an important role by interacting with atmospheric circulation trough surface-albedo and energy-exchanges. To study the atmospheric response to changes in sea-ice and SST in the Labrador Sea an atmospheric global circ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Byrkjedal, Øyvind
Format: Master Thesis
Language:Norwegian Bokmål
Published: The University of Bergen 2002
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1956/1709
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Summary:The seaice in the Arctic is an important component in the climate system, and plays an important role by interacting with atmospheric circulation trough surface-albedo and energy-exchanges. To study the atmospheric response to changes in sea-ice and SST in the Labrador Sea an atmospheric global circulation model (ARPEGE/IFS) is constructed. The control-experiment is set up with a climatologic icecover and SST. Two perturbed experiments, LABMAX and LABMIN, is set up with increased ice-cover/lower SST and decreased ice-cover/higher SST in the Labrador Sea respectively. By using the analysis-tool TRACK a southward shift in the stormtracks over the North Atlantic is discovered when increasing the ice-cover beyond the climatology. A reduction in the ice-cover beyond the climatology does not affect the stormtracks over the North Atlantic. A negative feedback-mechanism involving the Labrador Sea ice-cover is proposed. An increase in the ice-cover beyond the climatology will force a southward shift in the stormtracks over the North Atlantic and a decrease in the NAO-index. This gives a response to the atmospheric circulation which tends to reduce the ice-growth in the Labrador Sea. Sjøisen i Arktis er en viktig komponent i klimasystemet, og spiller en stor rolle ved å vekselvirke med atmosfærens sirkulasjon gjennom endringer i overflate albedo og energiutveksling. For å studere responsen på atmosfæren fra endrede sjøis og SST i Labradorhavet er en global atmosfæremodell (ARPEGE/IFS) stilt opp. Et kontrolleksperiment er kjørt med klimatologisk isdekke og SST i Labradorhavet. To perturberte kjøringer, LABMAX og LABMIN, er kjørt med henholdsvis større isdekke/lavere SST og redusert isdekke/høyere SST i Labradorhavet. Ved hjelp av analyseverktøyet TRACK er det funnet en tydelig sørlig forflytning av stormbanene over nord Atlanteren ved å øke isdekket over det klimatologiske. En reduksjon i isdekke over det klimatologiske har kun gitt små endringer på stormbanene. En negativ feedbackmekanisme hvor isdekket i Labradorhavet ...