Accelerated increase in the Arctic tropospheric warming events surpassing stratospheric warming events during winter: Accelerated Increase in Arctic Warming
Abstract
In January 2016, a robust reversal of the Arctic Oscillation (AO) took place associated with a rapid tropospheric warming in the Arctic region; this was followed by the occurrence of a classic sudden stratospheric warming in March-April. The succession of these two distinct Arctic warming events provides a stimulating opportunity to examine their characteristics in terms of similarities and differences. Historical cases of these two types of Arctic warming were identified and validated based upon tropical linkages with the Madden-Julian Oscillation and El Niño as well as those documented in previous studies. Our results indicate a recent and accelerated increase in the tropospheric warming type versus a flat trend in stratospheric warming type. Given that tropospheric warming events occur twice as fast than the stratospheric warming type, the noted increase in the former implies further intensification in midlatitude winter weather extremes similar to those experienced in early 2016. Forced simulations with an atmospheric general circulation model suggest that the reduced Arctic sea ice contributes to the observed increase in the tropospheric warming events and associated impact on the anomalously cold Siberia.
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- Utah State Univ., Logan, UT (United States)
- Central Weather Bureau, Taipei (Taiwan)
- Gwangju Inst. of Science and Technology (Korea, Republic of)
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1439712
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-124045
Journal ID: ISSN 0094-8276; KP1703010
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 44; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-8276
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Arctic warming; accelerated increase; extreme weather; tropospheric warming; Arctic Oscillation; sea ice loss
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Wang, S. -Y. Simon, Lin, Yen-Heng, Lee, Ming-Ying, Yoon, Jin-Ho, Meyer, Jonathan D. D., and Rasch, Philip J. Accelerated increase in the Arctic tropospheric warming events surpassing stratospheric warming events during winter: Accelerated Increase in Arctic Warming. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1002/2017GL073012.
Wang, S. -Y. Simon, Lin, Yen-Heng, Lee, Ming-Ying, Yoon, Jin-Ho, Meyer, Jonathan D. D., & Rasch, Philip J. Accelerated increase in the Arctic tropospheric warming events surpassing stratospheric warming events during winter: Accelerated Increase in Arctic Warming. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL073012
Wang, S. -Y. Simon, Lin, Yen-Heng, Lee, Ming-Ying, Yoon, Jin-Ho, Meyer, Jonathan D. D., and Rasch, Philip J. Thu .
"Accelerated increase in the Arctic tropospheric warming events surpassing stratospheric warming events during winter: Accelerated Increase in Arctic Warming". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL073012. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1439712.
@article{osti_1439712,
title = {Accelerated increase in the Arctic tropospheric warming events surpassing stratospheric warming events during winter: Accelerated Increase in Arctic Warming},
author = {Wang, S. -Y. Simon and Lin, Yen-Heng and Lee, Ming-Ying and Yoon, Jin-Ho and Meyer, Jonathan D. D. and Rasch, Philip J.},
abstractNote = {In January 2016, a robust reversal of the Arctic Oscillation (AO) took place associated with a rapid tropospheric warming in the Arctic region; this was followed by the occurrence of a classic sudden stratospheric warming in March-April. The succession of these two distinct Arctic warming events provides a stimulating opportunity to examine their characteristics in terms of similarities and differences. Historical cases of these two types of Arctic warming were identified and validated based upon tropical linkages with the Madden-Julian Oscillation and El Niño as well as those documented in previous studies. Our results indicate a recent and accelerated increase in the tropospheric warming type versus a flat trend in stratospheric warming type. Given that tropospheric warming events occur twice as fast than the stratospheric warming type, the noted increase in the former implies further intensification in midlatitude winter weather extremes similar to those experienced in early 2016. Forced simulations with an atmospheric general circulation model suggest that the reduced Arctic sea ice contributes to the observed increase in the tropospheric warming events and associated impact on the anomalously cold Siberia.},
doi = {10.1002/2017GL073012},
journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
number = 8,
volume = 44,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 23 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Thu Mar 23 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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