The linkage between Arctic sea ice changes and mid-latitude atmospheric circulation in reanalysis data and model simulations— The role of barotropic-baroclinic interactions


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bserved global warming trends have their maximum in Arctic regions, a phenomenon referred to as Arctic Amplification. Consequently, Arctic sea ice shows a strong decreasing trend. These changes imprint modifications on atmospheric flow patterns not only in Arctic regions themselves. Changes of teleconnections and planetary scale motions like Rossby wave trains affect mid-latitude climate as well. In extension to the studies by Jaiser et al. (abstract submitted) here we study the impact of sea-ice changes on changes in atmospheric synoptic and planetary waves. Therefore, we analyse the atmospheric kinetic energy spectra for ERA-Interim reanalysis and the properly designed Atmospheric General Circulation Model (AGCM) experiments with prescribed sea-ice changes (cf. abstract by Jaiser et al.). Special emphasis has been put on the the role of barotropic-baroclinic interactions and corresponding changes in the tropospheric planetary wave trains by examining the nonlinear kinetic energy and enstrophy interaction and subsequent redistribution of kinetic energy and enstrophy.



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US CLIVAR Workshop: Arctic Change and Its Influence on Mid-Latitude Climate and Weather, 01 Feb 2017 - 03 Feb 2017, Washington, DC.
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Handorf, D. , Jaiser, R. , Crasemann, B. , Dethloff, K. , Nakamura, T. , Ukita, J. and Yamazaki, K. (2017): The linkage between Arctic sea ice changes and mid-latitude atmospheric circulation in reanalysis data and model simulations— The role of barotropic-baroclinic interactions , US CLIVAR Workshop: Arctic Change and Its Influence on Mid-Latitude Climate and Weather, Washington, DC, 1 February 2017 - 3 February 2017 .


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