Effect of Warm Atlantic Waters on the Climate Anomalies in the West Arctic

A. N. Zolotokrylin; A. Yu. Mikhaylov; T. B. Titkova

doi:10.15356/2076-6734-2015-3-73-82

Effect of Warm Atlantic Waters on the Climate Anomalies in the West Arctic

A. N. Zolotokrylin, A. Yu. Mikhaylov, T. B. Titkova

https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2015-3-73-82

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Abstract

Significant climatic changes of oceanic and atmospheric elements and a relation of them to the ocean surface winter anomalies in North Atlantic are analyzed in the paper. Periods of «warm» ocean (2002–2012) and «cold» ocean (1960–1970) were determined. Positive anomalies of the ocean surface temperature increase the ice-free water area and, correspondingly, decrease the ice-field area. As a result of such changes in a state of the ocean surface (open water and ice), surface air temperature rises, and, consequently, atmospheric pressure in central part of a given Arctic sector drops.

Keywords

Air temperature, anomalies of sea surface temperature (SST anomalies), Arctic amplification (Arctic warming), Atlantic sector of Arctic, deep cyclones, feedbacks, see ice concentration,

About the Authors

A. N. Zolotokrylin

Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Russian Federation

A. Yu. Mikhaylov

Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Russian Federation

T. B. Titkova

Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Russian Federation

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For citation: Zolotokrylin A.N., Mikhaylov A.Y., Titkova T.B. Effect of Warm Atlantic Waters on the Climate Anomalies in the West Arctic. Ice and Snow. 2015;55(3):73-82. https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2015-3-73-82

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