Interactions between the atmosphere, cryosphere, and ecosystems at northern high latitudes

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: Boy, Michael, Thomson, Eric S., Acosta Navarro, Juan-C., Arnalds, Olafur, Batchvarova, Ekaterina, Bäck, Jaan, Berninger, Frank, Bilde, Merete, Brasseur, Zoé, Dagsson-Waldhauserova, Pavla, Castarède, Dimitri, Dalirian, Maryam, de Leeuw, Gerrit, Dragosics, Monika, Duplissy, Ella-Maria, Duplissy, Jonathan, Ekman, Annica M. L., Fang, Keyan, Gallet, Jean-Charles, Glasius, Marianne, Gryning, Sven-Erik, Grythe, Henrik, Hansson, Hans-Christen, Hansson, Margareta, Isaksson, Elisabeth, Iversen, Trond, Jonsdottir, Ingibjorg, Kasurinen, Ville, Kirkevåg, Alf, Korhola, Atte, Krejci, Radovan, Kristjansson, Jon Egill, Lappalainen, Hanna K., Lauri, Antti, Leppäranta, Matti, Lihavainen, Heikki, Makkonen, Risto, Massling, Andreas, Meinander, Outi, Nilsson, E. Douglas, Olafsson, Haraldur, Pettersson, Jan B. C., Prisle, Nønne L., Riipinen, Ilona, Roldin, Pontus, Ruppel, Meri, Salter, Matthew, Sand, Maria, Seland, Øyvind, Seppä, Heikki, Skov, Henrik, Soares, Joana, Stohl, Andreas, Ström, Johan, Svensson, Jonas, Swietlicki, Erik, Tabakova, Ksenia, Thorsteinsson, Throstur, Virkkula, Aki, Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A., Wu, Yusheng, Zieger, Paul, Kulmala, Markku
• Other Authors: Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), INAR Physics, Department of Forest Sciences, Forest Ecology and Management, Ecosystem processes (INAR Forest Sciences), Aerosol-Cloud-Climate -Interactions (ACCI), Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, Environmental Change Research Unit (ECRU), Department of Geosciences and Geography, Global Atmosphere-Earth surface feedbacks, Teachers' Academy, Polar and arctic atmospheric research (PANDA)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH 2019
• Subjects: CLOUD DROPLET ACTIVATION; AEROSOL-CLIMATE INTERACTIONS; BIOGENIC VOLATILE EMISSIONS; LIGHT-ABSORBING IMPURITIES; EURASIAN EXPERIMENT PEEX; BLACK CARBON DEPOSITION; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; SEA-ICE CONDITIONS; ORGANIC-COMPOUNDS; ELEMENTAL CARBON; 1172 Environmental sciences; Arctic; black carbon; Climate change; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/299159

The Nordic Centre of Excellence CRAICC (CRyosphere-Atmosphere Interactions in a Changing Arctic Climate), funded by NordForsk in the years 2011–2016, was the largest joint Nordic research and innovation initiative to date, aiming to strengthen research and innovation regarding climate change issues in the Nordic Region. CRAICC gathered more than 100 scientists from all Nordic countries in a virtual Centre with the objectives to identify and quantify the major processes controlling Arctic warming and related feedback mechanisms, to outline strategies to mitigate Arctic warming and to develop Nordic Earth System modelling with a focus on the short-lived climate forcers (SLCF), including natural and anthropogenic aerosols. The outcome of CRAICC is reflected in more than 150 peer-reviewed scientific publications, most of which are in the CRAICC special-issue of the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. This manuscript presents an overview on the main scientific topics investigated in the Centre and provides the reader a state-of-the-art comprehensive summary of what has been achieved in CRAICC with links to the particular publications for further detail. Facing the vast amount of outcomes we are not claiming to cover all results from CRAICC in this manuscript but concentrate here on the main results which are related to the feedback loops in the climate change-cryosphere interaction scheme affecting the Arctic amplification. The Nordic Centre of Excellence CRAICC (CRyosphere-Atmosphere Interactions in a Changing Arctic Climate), funded by NordForsk in the years 2011–2016, was the largest joint Nordic research and innovation initiative to date, aiming to strengthen research and innovation regarding climate change issues in the Nordic Region. CRAICC gathered more than 100 scientists from all Nordic countries in a virtual Centre with the objectives to identify and quantify the major processes controlling Arctic warming and related feedback mechanisms, to outline strategies to mitigate Arctic warming and to ...