Published April 9, 2018 | Version v1
Poster Open

Sea-ice free Arctic contributes to the projected warming minimum in the North Atlantic

  • 1. NERSC
  • 2. IAP
  • 3. UniClimate

Description

•Sea-Ice free Arctic contributes to the projected North Atlantic warming minimum by weakening the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC).

•The weakened AMOC is driven and sustained by the weakened wind stress over the sub polar gyre associated with a weaker Icelandic low in autumn.

•The study presented here emphasizes the role of ocean–atmosphere interaction on the sea-ice free impact, implies a lagged teleconnection through the ocean bridge.

Notes

This work has been supported by the Research Council of Norway through the BlueArc project (207650/E10), the European Union 7th Framework Programme (FP7 2007-2013) through the NACLIM project (308299) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41375083). This work also contributes to the NordForsk-funded project GREENICE (61841): Impacts of Sea-Ice and Snow-Cover Changes on Climate, Green Growth, and Society and the EU H2020 Blue-Action project (727852). Computational and storage resources for this work have been provided by NOTUR (nn2343k) and NORSTORE (ns9015k).

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Funding

Blue-Action – Arctic Impact on Weather and Climate 727852
European Commission
NACLIM – North Atlantic Climate: Predictability of the climate in the North Atlantic/European sector related to North Atlantic/Arctic sea surface temperature and sea ice variability and change 308299
European Commission