Warming in the Nordic Seas, North Atlantic storms and thinning Arctic sea ice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15544754 |
|---|---|
| Authors | V A Alexeev (0000-0003-3519-2797, University of Alaska Fairbanks, corresponding author), John E Walsh (0000-0001-9541-5927, University of Alaska Fairbanks), Vladimir Ivanov (0000-0001-9768-1049, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute), Vladimir V Ivanov (0000-0003-2297-9048), В А Семенов (0000-0001-7632-7921, University of Alaska Fairbanks), Vladimir A Semenov, Alexander Smirnov (0009-0008-3544-6447, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute), Alexander V Smirnov |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 084011-084011 |
| Publication date | 2017-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/aa7a1d |
| OpenAlex | W2739679357 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 82 |
Arctic sea ice over the last few decades has experienced a significant decline in coverage both in summer and winter. The currently warming Atlantic Water layer has a pronounced impact on sea ice in the Nordic Seas (including the Barents Sea). More open water combined with the prevailing atmospheric pattern of airflow from the southeast, and persistent North Atlantic storms such as the recent extremely strong Storm Frank in December 2015, lead to increased energy transport to the high Arctic. Each of these storms brings sizeable anomalies of heat to the high Arctic, resulting in significant warming and slowing down of sea ice growth or even melting. Our analysis indicates that the recently observed sea ice decline in the Nordic Seas during the cold season around Svalbard, Franz Joseph Land and Novaya Zemlya, and the associated heat release from open water into the atmosphere, contributed significantly to the increase in the downward longwave radiation throughout the entire Arctic. Added to other changes in the surface energy budget, this increase since the 1960s to the present is estimated to be at least 10 W m ^−2 , which can result in thinner (up to at least 15–20 cm) Arctic ice at the end of the winter. This change in the surface budget is an important contributing factor accelerating the thinning of Arctic sea ice
Antarctic sea ice · Arctic · Arctic dipole anomaly · Arctic geoengineering · Arctic ice pack · Arctic sea ice decline · Climatology · Drift ice · Sea ice · Storm · Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics · Climate change and permafrost · Climate variability and models · Environmental Science · Geology · Oceanography
The ERA‐Interim reanalysis
The Arctic oscillation signature in the wintertime geopotential height and temperature fields
The NCEP/NCAR 40-Year Reanalysis Project
An oscillation in the global climate system of period 65–70 years
Changes in the fabric of the Arctic’s greenhouse blanket
Nonlinear winter atmospheric circulation response to Arctic sea ice concentration anomalies for different periods during 1966–2012
| Citations per year | 0.43 |
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| Citation span | 2019 - 2023 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |