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Arctic Atmosphere–Sea Ice Interaction and Impacts

A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Climatology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 July 2024 | Viewed by 3763

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Shuoyi Ding

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Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
Interests: Arctic; tropic; climate dynamics; teleconnections; climate change; extreme events
Dr. Xiaodan Chen

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Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
Interests: Arctic; extreme weather; climate change; climate dynamics
Dr. Peiqiang Xu

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Center for Monsoon System Research, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
Interests: climate dynamics; jet streams; teleconnections; extreme events

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Over recent decades, Arctic warming and Arctic sea ice loss have become one of the most dramatic features of the changing global climate system and ecosystem. Whether the Arctic atmosphere–sea ice interaction affects the atmospheric circulation, climate change, extreme weather, and pollution in the Northern Hemisphere is still controversial and widely debated. Statistical analyses and sensitivity experiments pointed out that Arctic sea ice loss can affect the mid-high latitude weather and climate through complex interactions and feedback processes. However, opposing views using extensive numerical simulations considered that the atmospheric responses to sea ice loss are insignificant or weak and that the statistical Arctic–midlatitudes association is likely attributed to the internal atmospheric variability. Some investigations also discussed the contribution of midlatitudes or tropical anomalies in the Arctic.

We are pleased to announce that a Special Issue on “Arctic Atmosphere–Sea Ice Interaction and Impacts” will be hosted by the open access journal Atmosphere and published in the fall of 2023. The aim is to enhance our scientific understanding of the linkage and physical mechanisms between the Arctic and Northern Hemispheric climate change from low to high latitudes.

Statistical research, case studies, reanalysis and model evaluation, model simulations, and systematic reviews related to the theme of Arctic Atmosphere–Sea Ice Interaction and Impacts are welcome. Example topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Linkage between Arctic (sea ice, warming, etc.) and Northern Hemispheric atmospheric circulations (teleconnections, blocking high, stratospheric polar vortex, sudden stratospheric warming, etc.).
  • Impacts of Arctic sea ice on climate change, extreme weather, and pollution over Eurasia and North America.
  • Intermittency of the Arctic–midlatitudes association.
  • Nonlinear response of atmospheric circulation to Arctic changes.
  • Bidirectional Arctic–tropical connection.
  • Model studies for the physical mechanisms in linking the Arctic to low latitudes.
  • Evaluation of model or reanalysis datasets for the Arctic atmosphere–sea ice interaction and Arctic–midlatitudes association.

We very much look forward to your submissions.

Dr. Shuoyi Ding
Dr. Xiaodan Chen
Dr. Peiqiang Xu
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Arctic air–sea ice interaction
  • mid-high latitudes climate change
  • extreme weather
  • teleconnections
  • the blocking high
  • stratospheric polar vortex
  • model evaluation
  • sensitivity experiments
  • Arctic–tropic connection

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Impacts of a Recent Interdecadal Shift in the Summer Arctic Dipole on the Variability in Atmospheric Circulation over Eurasia
by Xuanwen Zhang, Xueqi Pang, Xiang Zhang and Bingyi Wu
Atmosphere 2024, 15(1), 71; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15010071 - 7 Jan 2024
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This study investigated the relationship between the summer Arctic Dipole (AD) anomaly and the climatic variability in Eurasia during the period 1979–2021. It was found that the summer AD anomaly experienced a phase shift from frequent negative phases before 2006 to positive phases [...] Read more.
This study investigated the relationship between the summer Arctic Dipole (AD) anomaly and the climatic variability in Eurasia during the period 1979–2021. It was found that the summer AD anomaly experienced a phase shift from frequent negative phases before 2006 to positive phases after 2007, as manifested by the shift of the center of the positive (negative) AD anomaly to Greenland (in the Laptev Sea and East Siberian Seas) in the more recent period (2007–2021) from the vicinity of the Kara Sea and Laptev Sea (the Canadian archipelago) in the earlier period (1979–2006). Before the mid-2000s, a wave train was shown in the middle troposphere of Eurasia, and this teleconnection pattern of atmospheric circulation could have resulted in local warm and wet (cool and dry) anomalies over northern Russia and East Asia (Western Europe and the Far east). Since the mid-2000s, the wave train has experienced a notable adjustment that was conducive to East Asian and Arctic cooling, displaying anticyclonic anomalies around northern Eurasia and two cyclonic anomalies centered near the Arctic and East Asia. The presence of a cold Arctic anomaly was found to enhance westerly winds at high latitudes by modulating the meridional temperature gradient (MTG) and impeding the southward propagation of cold Arctic air. Additionally, the warmth of northern Eurasia may have also resulted in a reduction in the MTG between northern Eurasia and the mid-lower latitudes, favoring a weakening of zonal winds over the central region of Eurasia. The increased upper-level westerly winds over southern East Asia implied a weakened East Asian Summer Monsoon, which inhibited precipitation in northeast China. Full article
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Cold Air Outbreaks in Winter over the Continental United States and Its Possible Linkage with Arctic Sea Ice Loss
by Yanshuo Wang, Yuxing Yang and Fei Huang
Atmosphere 2024, 15(1), 63; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15010063 - 3 Jan 2024
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The mechanism for the paradox of global warming and successive cold winters in mid-latitudes remains controversial. In this study, the connection between Arctic sea ice (ASI) loss and frequent cold air outbreaks in eastern Continental United States (CONUS) is explored. Two distinct periods [...] Read more.
The mechanism for the paradox of global warming and successive cold winters in mid-latitudes remains controversial. In this study, the connection between Arctic sea ice (ASI) loss and frequent cold air outbreaks in eastern Continental United States (CONUS) is explored. Two distinct periods of high and low ASI (hereafter high- and low-ice phases) are identified for comparative study. It is demonstrated that cold air outbreaks occur more frequently during the low-ice phase compared to that during the high-ice phase. The polar vortex is weakened and shifted southward during the low-ice phase. Correspondingly, the spatial pattern of 500 hPa geopotential height (GPH), which represents the mid-tropospheric circulation, shows a clear negative Arctic Oscillation-like pattern in the low-ice phase. Specifically, positive GPH anomalies in the Arctic region with two centers, respectively located over Greenland and the Barents Sea, significantly weaken the low-pressure system centered around the Baffin Island, and enhance Ural blocking in the low-ice phase. Meanwhile, the high ridge extending from Alaska to the west coast of North America further intensifies, while the low trough over eastern CONUS deepens. As a result, the atmospheric circulation in North America becomes more conductive to frigid Arctic air outbreaks. It is concluded that the ASI loss contributes to more cold air outbreaks in winter in eastern CONUS through the polar vortex weakening with southward displacement of the polar vortex edge, which lead to the weakening of the meridional potential vorticity gradient between the Arctic and mid-latitude and thus are conducive to the strengthening and long-term maintenance of the blocking high. Full article
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Spatially Heterogeneous Effects of Atmospheric Circulation on Greenland Ice Sheet Melting
by Hejing Wang, Dehai Luo, Yanan Chen and Yao Ge
Atmosphere 2024, 15(1), 57; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15010057 - 31 Dec 2023
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The melting of the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) in summer has rapidly and significantly increased in recent decades, especially for the northern GrIS. Circulation related to GrIS melting is important for understanding the contribution of the GrIS to the global sea level. In [...] Read more.
The melting of the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) in summer has rapidly and significantly increased in recent decades, especially for the northern GrIS. Circulation related to GrIS melting is important for understanding the contribution of the GrIS to the global sea level. In this paper, we used the SOM method to obtain three spatial patterns of GrIS melting based on model output data: overall melting, northern melting, and southern melting patterns. We also examined their linkages to the observed atmospheric circulation. GrIS melting is primarily related to Greenland blocking (GB), while different types of GB are responsible for different melting patterns. The overall and northern melting patterns are both associated with high-latitude GB, which is associated with the decay and westward movement of mid-latitude and high-latitude European blocking (EB), respectively. It is found that the generation of mid-latitude and high-latitude EBs are related to mid-latitude eastern North Atlantic warming and Greenland–Norskehavet–North Sea warming, respectively, while the movement of EB is related t upstream weakened zonal wind anomalies. Furthermore, the southern melting pattern is linked to mid-latitude GB, which is associated with the wave train from the East Pacific to Southern Greenland through North America and further related to the mid-latitude of East Pacific warming. Full article
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Planned Papers

The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.

Title: The Role of North Atlantic Extratropical Cyclones on the Sea Ice Loss in Barents-Kara Sea
Authors: Yao Ge
Affiliation: Key Laboratory of Regional Climate-Environment for Temperate East Asia, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China

Title: Enhanced Impact of ENSO on Winter Extreme Temperature Events in the Arctic Region
Authors: Qingyu Cai
Affiliation: School of Earth Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China

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