Robust but weak winter atmospheric circulation response to future Arctic sea ice loss

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Smith, Doug M., Eade, Rosie, Andrews, M. B., Ayres, Holly, Clark, A., Levine, Xavier, Ortega Montilla, Pablo
• Other Authors: Barcelona Supercomputing Center
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Research 2022
• Subjects: Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroalimentària::Ciències de la terra i de la vida; Sea ice > Arctic regions; North Atlantic oscillation; Atmospheric circulation; Atmospheric dynamics; Climate and Earth system modelling; Environmental health; Simulació per ordinador; Arctic; Norway; Ortega; Hermanson; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2117/363693; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28283-y

The possibility that Arctic sea ice loss weakens mid-latitude westerlies, promoting more severe cold winters, has sparked more than a decade of scientific debate, with apparent support from observations but inconclusive modelling evidence. Here we show that sixteen models contributing to the Polar A...