DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00825.1
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84884256227
论文题名: Sensitivity of arctic climate variability to mean state: Insights from the cretaceous
作者: Poulsen C.J. ; Zhou J.
刊名: Journal of Climate
ISSN: 8948755
出版年: 2013
卷: 26, 期: 18 起始页码: 7003
结束页码: 7022
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Arctic temperature
; Community climate system model
; General circulation model
; Low-level clouds
; Peak-to-peak magnitude
; Pre-industrial levels
; Static stability
; Temperature variability
; Climate models
; Climatology
; Oceanography
; Sea ice
; Vegetation
; Carbon dioxide
; advection
; atmospheric general circulation model
; carbon dioxide
; climate modeling
; climate variation
; Cretaceous
; ice margin
; mass transport
; meridional circulation
; oceanic general circulation model
; overturn
; paleoclimate
; paleotemperature
; salinity
; sea ice
; Arctic
; Pacific Ocean
; Pacific Ocean (North)
英文摘要: This study investigates Arctic climate variability during a period of extreme warmth using the Community Climate System Model, version 3 (CCSM3) coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation model. Four mid- Cretaceous simulations were completed with different CO2 levels (1, 10, and 16 times preindustrial levels with dynamic vegetation) and vegetation treatments (10 times with specified uniform bare ground). The magnitude and frequency of Arctic temperature variability is highly sensitive to the mean state and high-latitude upperocean static stability. As stability increases with a rise in CO2 levels from 1 to 10 times preindustrial levels, the frequency of temperature variability increases fromdecades (1x) to centuries (10x with bare ground) and longer (10x) and the peak-to-peakmagnitude increases from ~1° (for 1x) to~2°C (for 10x). In the 16x simulation with a highly stratified ocean, Arctic temperature variability is low with peak-to-peak magnitudes <0.5°C. Under low CO2, Arctic climate variability is tied to sensible heat release from the ocean during movement of the sea ice margin. In absence of substantial sea ice, variability is driven by mass transport and upper-ocean salinity advection into the Arctic. In both cases, destruction of low-level clouds acts as an important feedback on lowlevel warming. The authors also report a link between unforced Arctic climate variability and North Pacific meridional overturning with warming events leading intensification. These results suggest that the nature of Arctic climate variability was likely much different in past climates and is likely to be so in the future. © 2013 American Meteorological Society. 资助项目: NSF, National Science Foundation
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/51670
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作者单位: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States; Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Recommended Citation:
Poulsen C.J.,Zhou J.. Sensitivity of arctic climate variability to mean state: Insights from the cretaceous[J]. Journal of Climate,2013-01-01,26(18)