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The effect of snow on Antarctic sea ice simulations in a coupled atmosphere-sea ice model 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
The effect of a snow cover on sea ice accretion and ablation is estimated based on the ‘zero-layer’ version sea ice model
of Semtner, and is examined using a coupled atmosphere-sea ice model including feedbacks and ice dynamics effects. When snow
is disregarded in the coupled model the averaged Antarctic sea ice becomes thicker. When only half of the snowfall predicted
by the atmospheric model is allowed to land on the ice surface sea ice gets thicker in most of the Weddell and Ross Seas but
thinner in East Antarctic in winter, with the average slightly thicker. When twice as much snowfall as predicted by the atmospheric
model is assumed to land on the ice surface sea ice also gets much thicker due to the large increase of snow-ice formation.
These results indicate the importance of the correct simulation of the snow cover over sea ice and snow-ice formation in the
Antarctic. Our results also illustrate the complex feedback effects of the snow cover in global climate models. In this study
we have also tested the use of a mean value of 0.16 Wm-1 K-1 instead of 0.31 for the thermal conductivity of snow in the coupled model, based on the most recent observations in the eastern
Antarctic and Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas, and have found that the sea ice distribution changes greatly, with the ice
becoming much thinner by about 0.2 m in the Antarctic and about 0.4 m in the Arctic on average. This implies that the magnitude
of the thermal conductivity of snow is of considerable importance for the simulation of the sea ice distribution. An appropriate
value of the thermal conductivity of snow is as crucial as the depth of the snow layer and the snowfall rate in a sea ice
model. The coupled climate models require accurate values of the effective thermal conductivity of snow from observations
for validating the simulated sea ice distribution under the present climate conditions.
Received: 20 November 1997/Accepted: 27 July 1998 相似文献
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Actual and insolation-weighted Northern Hemisphere snow cover and sea ice are binned by latitude bands for the years 1973–2002. Antarctic sea-ice is also analyzed for the years 1980–2002. The use of insolation weighting provides an improved estimate of the radiative feedbacks of snow cover and sea-ice into the atmosphere. One conclusion of our assessment is that while a decrease in both areal and insolation-weighted values have occurred, the data does not show a monotonic decrease of either Arctic sea-ice or Northern Hemisphere snow cover. If Arctic perennial sea-ice is decreasing since the total reduction in areal coverage is relatively small, a large portion of it is being replenished each year such that its radiative feedback to the atmosphere is muted. Antarctic sea-ice areal cover shows no significant long-term trend, while there is a slight decrease in the insolation-weighted values for the period 1980–2002. From the early 1990s to 2001, there was a slight increase in both values. The comparison of general circulation model simulations of changes over the last several decades to observed changes in insolation-weighted sea-ice and snow cover should be a priority research topic. 相似文献
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A coupled atmosphere-ocean-sea ice model is applied to investigate to what degree the area-thickness distribution of new ice formed in open water affects the ice and ocean properties. Two sensitivity experiments are performed which modify the horizontal-to-vertical aspect ratio of open-water ice growth. The resulting changes in the Arctic sea-ice concentration strongly affect the surface albedo, the ocean heat release to the atmosphere, and the sea-ice production. The changes are further amplified through a positive feedback mechanism among the Arctic sea ice, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), and the surface air temperature in the Arctic, as the Fram Strait sea ice import influences the freshwater budget in the North Atlantic Ocean. Anomalies in sea-ice transport lead to changes in sea surface properties of the North Atlantic and the strength of AMOC. For the Southern Ocean, the most pronounced change is a warming along the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), owing to the interhemispheric bipolar seasaw linked to AMOC weakening. Another insight of this study lies on the improvement of our climate model. The ocean component FESOM is a newly developed ocean-sea ice model with an unstructured mesh and multi-resolution. We find that the subpolar sea-ice boundary in the Northern Hemisphere can be improved by tuning the process of open-water ice growth, which strongly influences the sea ice concentration in the marginal ice zone, the North Atlantic circulation, salinity and Arctic sea ice volume. Since the distribution of new ice on open water relies on many uncertain parameters and the knowledge of the detailed processes is currently too crude, it is a challenge to implement the processes realistically into models. Based on our sensitivity experiments, we conclude a pronounced uncertainty related to open-water sea ice growth which could significantly affect the climate system sensitivity. 相似文献
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Considered are the peculiarities of fast ice formation in the Antarctic coastal waters. It is noted that the fine-crystalline ice with the chaotic orientation of crystals is mainly developed in the surface layers of the ice cover as well as the ice formed due to the infiltration of the sea water and its subsequent freezing in the lower layers of the snow cover. It is demonstrated that under the conditions of coastal Antarctic, the lamination of the structure during the period of ice cover formation and its subsequent development is the result of heavy precipitation in the form of snow and the formation of the large amount of snow sludge and crystals of intrawater ice (frazil ice) on the open water. The main distinctive feature of the Antarctic sea ice is its seasonal stratification with the formation of the surface layer of recrystallized ice and underlying destructive layers including the water interlayer in the ice column. The provision of the safety of overice movement of machinery requires the development of methods of continuous remote control of the snow-ice stratum of the fast ice. 相似文献
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Recent changes in the Arctic hydrological cycle are explored using in situ observations and an improved atmospheric reanalysis data set, ERA-Interim. We document a pronounced decline in summer snowfall over the Arctic Ocean and Canadian Archipelago. The snowfall decline is diagnosed as being almost entirely caused by changes in precipitation form (snow turning to rain) with very little influence of decreases in total precipitation. The proportion of precipitation falling as snow has decreased as a result of lower-atmospheric warming. Statistically, over 99% of the summer snowfall decline is linked to Arctic warming over the past two decades. Based on the reanalysis snowfall data over the ice-covered Arctic Ocean, we derive an estimate for the amount of snow-covered ice. It is estimated that the area of snow-covered ice, and the proportion of sea ice covered by snow, have decreased significantly. We perform a series of sensitivity experiments in which inter-annual changes in snow-covered ice are either unaccounted for, or are parameterized. In the parameterized case, the loss of snow-on-ice results in a substantial decrease in the surface albedo over the Arctic Ocean, that is of comparable magnitude to the decrease in albedo due to the decline in sea ice cover. Accordingly, the solar input to the Arctic Ocean is increased, causing additional surface ice melt. We conclude that the decline in summer snowfall has likely contributed to the thinning of sea ice over recent decades. The results presented provide support for the existence of a positive feedback in association with warming-induced reductions in summer snowfall. 相似文献
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A thermodynamic-dynamic sea-ice model based on a granular material rheology developed by Tremblay and Mysak is used to study
the interannual variability of the Arctic sea-ice cover during the 41-year period 1958–98. Monthly wind stress forcing derived
from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Reanalysis data is used to produce the year-to-year variations
in the sea-ice circulation and thickness. We focus on analyzing the variability of the sea-ice volume in the Arctic Basin
and the subsequent changes in sea-ice export into the Greenland Sea via Fram Strait. The relative contributions of the Fram
Strait sea-ice thickness and velocity anomalies to the sea-ice export anomalies are first investigated, and the former is
shown to be particularly important during several large export events. The sea-ice export anomalies for these events are next
linked to prior sea-ice volume anomalies in the Arctic Basin. The origin and evolution of the sea-ice volume anomalies are
then related to the sea-ice circulation and atmospheric forcing patterns in the Arctic. Large sea-ice export anomalies are
generally preceded by large volume anomalies formed along the East Siberian coast due to anomalous winds which occur when
the Arctic High is centered closer than usual to this coastal area. When the center of this High relocates over the Beaufort
Sea and the Icelandic Low extends far into the Arctic Basin, the ice volume anomalies are transported to the Fram Strait region
via the Transpolar Drift Stream. Finally, the link between the sea-ice export and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index
is briefly discussed. The overall results from this study show that the Arctic Basin and its ice volume anomalies must be
considered in order to fully understand the export through Fram Strait.
Received: 27 January 1999 / Accepted: 8 July 1999 相似文献
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Time-dependent response of a zonally averaged ocean–atmosphere–sea ice model to Milankovitch forcing
An ocean–atmosphere–sea ice model is developed to explore the time-dependent response of climate to Milankovitch forcing for
the time interval 5–3 Myr BP. The ocean component is a zonally averaged model of the circulation in five basins (Arctic, Atlantic,
Indian, Pacific, and Southern Oceans). The atmospheric component is a one-dimensional (latitudinal) energy balance model,
and the sea-ice component is a thermodynamic model. Two numerical experiments are conducted. The first experiment does not
include sea ice and the Arctic Ocean; the second experiment does. Results from the two experiments are used to investigate
(1) the response of annual mean surface air and ocean temperatures to Milankovitch forcing, and (2) the role of sea ice in
this response. In both experiments, the response of air temperature is dominated by obliquity cycles at most latitudes. On
the other hand, the response of ocean temperature varies with latitude and depth. Deep water formed between 45°N and 65°N
in the Atlantic Ocean mainly responds to precession. In contrast, deep water formed south of 60°S responds to obliquity when
sea ice is not included. Sea ice acts as a time-integrator of summer insolation changes such that annual mean sea-ice conditions
mainly respond to obliquity. Thus, in the presence of sea ice, air temperature changes over the sea ice are amplified, and
temperature changes in deep water of southern origin are suppressed since water below sea ice is kept near the freezing point. 相似文献
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Submarine and satellite observations show that the Arctic Ocean ice cover has undergone a large thickness reduction and a decrease in the areal extent during the last decades. Here the response of the Arctic Ocean ice cover to changes in the poleward atmospheric energy transport, F wall, is investigated using coupled atmosphere-ice-ocean column models. Two models with highly different complexity are used in order to illustrate the importance of different internal processes and the results highlight the dramatic effects of the negative ice thickness—ice volume export feedback and the positive surface albedo feedback. The steady state ice thickness as a function of F wall is determined for various model setups and defines what we call ice thickness response curves. When a variable surface albedo and snow precipitation is included, a complex response curve appears with two distinct regimes: a perennial ice cover regime with a fairly linear response and a less responsive seasonal ice cover regime. The two regimes are separated by a steep transition associated with surface albedo feedback. The associated hysteresis is however small, indicating that the Arctic climate system does not have an irreversible tipping point behaviour related to the surface albedo feedback. The results are discussed in the context of the recent reduction of the Arctic sea ice cover. A new mechanism related to regional and temporal variations of the ice divergence within the Arctic Ocean is presented as an explanation for the observed regional variation of the ice thickness reduction. Our results further suggest that the recent reduction in areal ice extent and loss of multiyear ice is related to the albedo dependent transition between seasonal and perennial ice i.e. large areas of the Arctic Ocean that has previously been dominated by multiyear ice might have been pushed below a critical mean ice thickness, corresponding to the above mentioned transition, and into a state dominated by seasonal ice. 相似文献
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We assess two parametrisations of sea-ice in a coupled atmosphere–mixed layer ocean–sea-ice model. One parametrisation represents
the thermodynamic properties of sea-ice formation alone (THERM), while the other also includes advection of the ice (DYN).
The inclusion of some sea-ice dynamics improves the model's simulation of the present day sea-ice cover when compared to observations.
Two climate change scenarios are used to investigate the effect of these different parametrisations on the model's climate
sensitivity. The scenarios are the equilibrium response to a doubling of atmospheric CO2 and the response to imposed glacial boundary conditions. DYN produces a smaller temperature response to a doubling of CO2 than THERM. The temperature response of THERM is more similar to DYN in the glacial case than in the 2×CO2 case which implies that the climate sensitivity of THERM and DYN varies with the nature of the forcing. The different responses
can largely be explained by the different distribution of Southern Hemisphere sea-ice cover in the control simulations, with
the inclusion of ice dynamics playing an important part in producing the differences. This emphasises the importance of realistically
simulating the reference climatic state when attempting to simulate a climate change to a prescribed forcing. The simulated
glacial sea-ice cover is consistent with the limited palaeodata in both THERM and DYN, but DYN simulates a more realistic
present day sea-ice cover. We conclude that the inclusion of simple ice dynamics in our model increases our confidence in
the simulation of the anomaly climate.
Received: 24 May 2000 / Accepted: 25 October 2000 相似文献
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Jürgen Bader Martin Flügge Nils Gunnar Kvamstø Michel D. S. Mesquita Aiko Voigt 《Climate Dynamics》2013,40(11-12):2707-2718
Several studies have analysed the atmospheric response to sea-ice changes in the Arctic region, but only few have considered the Antarctic. Here, the atmospheric response to sea-ice variability in the Southern Hemisphere is investigated with the atmospheric general circulation model ECHAM5. The model is forced by the present and a projected future seasonal cycle of Antarctic sea ice. In September, the mean atmospheric response exhibits distinct similarities to the structure of the negative phase of the Southern Annular Mode, the leading mode of Southern Hemisphere variability. In the reduced Antarctic sea-ice integration, there is an equatorward shift of the Southern Hemisphere mid-latitude jet and the storm tracks. In contrast to a recent previous study, our findings indicate that a substantial impact of Southern Hemispheric future sea-ice reduction on the mid-latitude circulation cannot be ruled out. 相似文献
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The heat budget of the upper Arctic Ocean is examined in an ensemble of coupled climate models under idealised increasing CO2 scenarios. All of the experiments show a strong amplification of surface air temperatures but a smaller increase in sea surface temperature than the rest of the world as heat is lost to the atmosphere as the sea-ice cover is reduced. We carry out a heat budget analysis of the Arctic Ocean in an ensemble of model runs to understand the changes that occur as the Arctic becomes ice free in summer. We find that as sea-ice retreats heat is lost from the ocean surface to the atmosphere contributing to the amplification of Arctic surface temperatures. Furthermore, heat is mixed upwards into the mixed layer as a result of increased upper ocean mixing and there is increased advection of heat into the Arctic as the ice edge retreats. Heat lost from the upper Arctic Ocean to the atmosphere is therefore replenished by mixing of warmer water from below and by increased advection of warm water from lower latitudes. The ocean is therefore able to contribute more to Arctic amplification. 相似文献
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P. Gloersen H. J. Zwally A. T. C. Chang D. K. Hall W. J. Campbell R. O. Ramseier 《Boundary-Layer Meteorology》1978,13(1-4):339-359
The time variation of the sea-ice concentration and multiyear ice fraction within the pack ice in the Arctic Basin is examined, using microwave images of sea ice recently acquired by the Nimbus-5 spacecraft and the NASA CV-990 airborne laboratory. The images used for these studies were constructed from data acquired from the Electrically Scanned Microwave Radiometer (ESMR) which records radiation from earth and its atmosphere at a wavelength of 1.55 cm. Data are analyzed for four seasons during 1973–1975 to illustrate some basic differences in the properties of the sea ice during those times. Spacecraft data are compared with corresponding NASA CV-990 airborne laboratory data obtained over wide areas in the Arctic Basin during the Main Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment (1975) to illustrate the applicability of passive-microwave remote sensing for monitoring the time dependence of sea-ice concentration (divergence). These observations indicate significant variations in the sea-ice concentration in the spring, late fall and early winter. In addition, deep in the interior of the Arctic polar sea-ice pack, heretofore unobserved large areas, several hundred kilometers in extent, of sea-ice concentrations as low as 50% are indicated. 相似文献
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A large scale numerical time-dependent model of sea ice that takes into account the heat fluxes in and out of the ice, the seasonal occurrence of snow, and ice motions has been used in an experiment to determine the response of the Arctic Ocean ice pack to a warming of the atmosphere. The degree of warming specified is that expected for a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide with its associated greenhouse effect, a condition that could occur before the middle of the next century. The results of three 5-year simulations with a warmer atmosphere and varied boundary conditions were: (1) that in the face of a 5 K surface atmospheric temperature increase the ice pack disappeared completely in August and September but reformed in the central Arctic Ocean in mid fall; (2) that the simulations were moderately dependent on assumptions concerning cloud cover; and (3) that even when atmospheric temperature increases of 6–9 K were combined with an order-of-magnitude increase in the upward heat flux from the ocean, the ice still reappeared in winter. It should be noted that a year-round ice-free Arctic Ocean has apparently not existed for a million years or more.Currently on leave, working for the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, on the World Climate Programme.The calculations for this work were carried out while both authors were at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), which is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. 相似文献
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中国东部冬季温度异常偶极型模态的一个前兆信号 总被引：3，自引：1，他引：2
利用中国160站逐月温度、NCEP再分析、NOAA-CIRES 20世纪再分析以及NOAA海表温度等资料,分析了中国东部（100°E以东地区）冬季温度年际变化的主要模态,并重点研究了其中第2模态（即偶极型模态）的成因机理和前期信号。同时,也以2012～2013年冬季为例,探讨了这一温度异常模态的预测方法。研究主要发现:除中国东部大范围一致偏冷或偏暖模态以外,110°E以东的北方地区偏冷（暖）还经常对应着华南和110°E以西地区的偏暖（冷）,构成温度异常反向变化的偶极型模态。这种偶极型模态也是冬季气候变化的一个主要模态,2012～2013年冬季温度异常即属于这一模态。中国东部冬季温度一致型模态主要与前期秋季中东太平洋海温异常、亚洲大陆北部积雪,及其邻近的北冰洋地区海冰密集度异常联系紧密。而对于偶极型模态,海温的影响并不明显,前期秋季的东亚中纬度地区积雪、北冰洋斯瓦尔巴群岛、法兰士约瑟夫地群岛附近海域的海冰密集度异常,以及它们引起的表面温度异常分布可能具有重要贡献,其中北冰洋海冰密集度异常导致的该地区表面温度异常的影响可能更为重要。综合了海冰和积雪信号的前期秋季北冰洋—东亚温度差异（Arctic Ocean-East Asian temperature contrast,简称AE）指数与中国东部冬季温度异常偶极型模态具有显著联系,可以作为一个重要的预测因子。2012年秋季赤道中东太平洋海温的正常状态以及北冰洋暖异常和东亚中纬度地区冷异常的表面温度分布特征,都不利于中国东部冬季温度南北一致型异常的发生,而是有利于偶极型异常分布。利用AE指数可以有效地预测2012～2013年中国东部冬季温度异常特征。 相似文献
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Parisa A. Ariya John F. Hopper Geoffrey W. Harris 《Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry》1999,34(1):55-64
Samples of interstitial air from within the snow pack on an ice floe on the Arctic Ocean were collected during the April 1994 Polar Sunrise Experiment. The concentrations of C2-C7 hydrocarbons are reported for the first time in the snow pack interstitial air. Alkane concentrations tended to be higher than concentrations in free air samples above the snow but very similar to winter measurements at various locations in the Arctic archipelago. However, ethyne concentrations in both interstitial and free air were highly correlated with ozone mixing ratios, consistent with previous demonstrations of the effects of Br atom chemistry. The analysis of total bromine within the snow pack indicate an enrichment in total Br at the interface layer between snow and free troposphere. The mixing ratios of some brominated compounds, such as CHBr3 and CHBr2Cl, are found to be higher in this top layer of snow relative to the boundary layer. Results were inconclusive due to the limited number of samples, but suggest the possible presence of active bromine in the snow pack and also that some differences exist between chemical reactions occurring in interstitial air compared to air in the boundary layer. 相似文献
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A diagnostic study of heat transfer within the lower atmosphere and between the atmosphere and the surface of the Arctic Ocean
snow/ice pack during clear-sky conditions is conducted using data from the Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA)
field experiment. Surface heat budgets computed for four cloudy and four clear periods show that, while the net turbulent
heat fluxes at the surface are small during the cloudy periods, during the clear-sky periods they are a considerable source
of surface heating, balancing significant portions of the conductive heat fluxes from within the snow/ice pack. Analysis of
the dynamics and thermodynamics of the lower atmosphere during the clear-sky periods reveals that a considerable portion of
the heat lost to the surface by turbulent heat fluxes is balanced by locally strong heating near the atmospheric boundary-layer
(ABL) top due to the interaction of subsiding motions with the strong overlying temperature inversions surmounting the ABL.
This heat is then entrained into the ABL and transported to the surface by turbulent mixing, maintained by a combination of
vertical wind shear and wave-turbulence interactions. The frequency of stable, clear-sky periods, particularly during the
winter, combined with these results, suggests that the downward transfer of heat through the lower atmosphere and into the
surface represents an important component of the heat budgets of the lower atmosphere and snow/ice pack over the annual cycle 相似文献
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The role of terrestrial snow cover in the climate system 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
Steve Vavrus 《Climate Dynamics》2007,29(1):73-88
Snow cover is known to exert a strong influence on climate, but quantifying its impact is difficult. This study investigates
the global impact of terrestrial snow cover through a pair of GCM simulations run with prognostic snow cover and with all
snow cover on land eliminated (NOSNOWCOVER). In this experiment all snowfall over land was converted into its liquid–water
equivalent upon reaching the surface. Compared with the control run, NOSNOWCOVER produces mean-annual surface air temperatures
up to 5 K higher over northern North America and Eurasia and 8–10 K greater during winter. The globally averaged warming of
0.8 K is one-third as large as the model’s response to 2 × CO2 forcing. The pronounced surface heating propagates throughout the troposphere, causing changes in surface and upper-air circulation
patterns. Despite the large atmospheric warming, the absence of an insulating snow pack causes soil temperatures in NOSNOWCOVER
to fall throughout northern Asia and Canada, including extreme wintertime cooling of over 20 K in Siberia and a 70% increase
in permafrost area. The absence of snow melt water also affects extratropical surface hydrology, causing significantly drier
upper-layer soils and dramatic changes in the annual cycle of runoff. Removing snow cover also drastically affects extreme
weather. Extreme cold-air outbreaks (CAOs)—defined relative to the control climatology—essentially disappear in NOSNOWCOVER.
The loss of CAOs appears to stem from both the local effects of eliminating snow cover in mid-latitudes and a remote effect
over source regions in the Arctic, where −40°C air masses are no longer able to form. 相似文献
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Design and Numerical Simulation of an Arctic Ocean Circulation and Thermodynamic Sea－Ice Model 总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3
In this paper, the first version of a new Arctic Ocean circulation and thermodynamic sea-ice model is presented by the authors based on the framework of a twenty-layer World Oceanic general circulation model developed by Zhang et al. in 1994, The model’s domain covers the Arctic Ocean and Greenland-Norwegian Seas with the horizon-tal resolution of 200 km × 200 km on a stereographic projection plane. In vertical, the model uses the Eta-coordinate (Sigma modified to have quasi-horizontal coordinate surfaces) and has ten unevenly-spaced layers to cover the deep-est water column of 3000 m. Two 150-year integrations of coupling the ocean circulation model with the sea-ice model have been performed with seasonally cyclic surface boundary conditions. The only difference between the two experiments is in the model’s geography. Some preliminary analyses of the experimental results have been done fo-cused on the following aspects: (1) surface layer temperature, salinity and current; (2) the "Atlantic Layer"; (3) sea-ice cover and its seasonal variation. In comparison with the available observational data, these results are accept-able with reasonable accuracy. 相似文献
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The origin and space-time evolution of Beaufort-Chukchi Sea ice anomalies are studied using data and a recently developed
dynamic-thermodynamic sea-ice model. First, the relative importance of anomalies of river runoff, atmospheric temperature
and wind in creating anomalous sea-ice conditions in the Beaufort-Chukchi Sea is investigated. The results indicate that wind
anomalies are the dominant factor responsible for creating interannual variability in the Beaufort-Chukchi Sea ice cover.
Temperature anomalies appear to play a major role for longer time scale fluctuations, whereas the effects of runoff anomalies
are small. The sea-ice model is then used to track the position of a positive sea-ice anomaly as it is transported by the
Beaufort Gyre toward the Transpolar Drift Stream and then exported out of the Arctic Basin into the Greenland Sea via Fram
Strait. The model integration shows that sea-ice anomalies originating in the western Beaufort Sea can survive a few seasonal
cycles as they propogate through the Arctic Basin and can account for a notable amount of anomalous ice export into the Greenland
Sea. These anomalies, however, represent a small contribution to the fresh water budget in this area when compared with sea-ice
fluctuations generated by interannually varying local winds.
Received: 1 May 1997/Accepted: 22 October 1997 相似文献
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Substantial reduction in Arctic sea ice in recent decades has intensified air-sea interaction over the Arctic Ocean and has altered atmospheric states in the Arctic and surrounding high-latitude regions. This study has found that the atmospheric responses related to Arctic sea-ice melt in the cold season (October–March) depend on sea-ice fraction and are very sensitive to in situ sea surface temperature (SST) from a series of atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) simulations in which multiple combinations of SSTs and sea-ice concentrations are prescribed in the Arctic Ocean. It has been found that the amplitude of surface warming over the melted sea-ice region is controlled by concurrent in situ SST even if these simulations are forced by the same sea-ice concentration. Much of the sensitivity of surface warming to in situ SST are related with large changes in surface heat fluxes such as the outgoing long-wave flux in early winter (October–December) and the sensible and latent heat fluxes for the entire cold season. Vertical extension of surface warming and moistening is sensitive to these changes as well; the associated condensational heating modulates a static stability in the lower troposphere. This study also indicates that changes in SST fields in AGCM simulations must be implemented with extra care, especially in the melted sea-ice region in the Arctic. The statistical method introduced in this study for adjusting SSTs in conjunction with a given sea-ice change can help to model the atmospheric response to sea-ice loss more accurately. 相似文献