East-West Asymmetry in Coastal Temperatures of Hudson Bay as a Proxy for Sea Ice
The seasonal asymmetry in coastal temperatures on Hudson Bay was explored and evaluated as a proxy to hindcast sea ice conditions prior to 1972. Various indices of air temperature difference (∆T) between Churchill, MB and Inukjuak, QC were tested for linear correlations with spatially averaged sea i...
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ftunivtoronto:oai:localhost:1807/43258 2023-05-15T16:35:14+02:00 East-West Asymmetry in Coastal Temperatures of Hudson Bay as a Proxy for Sea Ice McGovern, Peter Gough, William A. Geography NO_RESTRICTION http://hdl.handle.net/1807/43258 en_ca eng http://hdl.handle.net/1807/43258 Sea Ice Hudson Bay Proxy 0368 Thesis ftunivtoronto 2020-06-17T11:25:23Z The seasonal asymmetry in coastal temperatures on Hudson Bay was explored and evaluated as a proxy to hindcast sea ice conditions prior to 1972. Various indices of air temperature difference (∆T) between Churchill, MB and Inukjuak, QC were tested for linear correlations with spatially averaged sea ice concentration (SIC) and ice-free season length (IFS). A multiple regression equation employing a 31-day average of peak ∆T and a 61-day average of temperature during freeze-up reproduced the IFS record with an average error of 8.1 days. This equation was employed to extend the IFS record by 28 years. The resulting 68-year time series revealed a significant increasing trend most pronounced from 1985 to 2011. Hindcast data helped eliminate low-frequency climate oscillations of periodicity <68 years as a source of this trend, lending further evidence to the growing consensus of a declining sea ice being the result of anthropogenic climate forcing. MAST Thesis Hudson Bay Inukjuak Sea ice University of Toronto: Research Repository T-Space Hudson Bay Hudson Inukjuak ENVELOPE(-78.101,-78.101,58.455,58.455) |
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The seasonal asymmetry in coastal temperatures on Hudson Bay was explored and evaluated as a proxy to hindcast sea ice conditions prior to 1972. Various indices of air temperature difference (∆T) between Churchill, MB and Inukjuak, QC were tested for linear correlations with spatially averaged sea ice concentration (SIC) and ice-free season length (IFS). A multiple regression equation employing a 31-day average of peak ∆T and a 61-day average of temperature during freeze-up reproduced the IFS record with an average error of 8.1 days. This equation was employed to extend the IFS record by 28 years. The resulting 68-year time series revealed a significant increasing trend most pronounced from 1985 to 2011. Hindcast data helped eliminate low-frequency climate oscillations of periodicity <68 years as a source of this trend, lending further evidence to the growing consensus of a declining sea ice being the result of anthropogenic climate forcing. MAST |
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East-West Asymmetry in Coastal Temperatures of Hudson Bay as a Proxy for Sea Ice |
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East-West Asymmetry in Coastal Temperatures of Hudson Bay as a Proxy for Sea Ice |
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