DOI: 10.1002/grl.50190
论文题名: The impact of an intense summer cyclone on 2012 Arctic sea ice retreat
作者: Zhang J. ; Lindsay R. ; Schweiger A. ; Steele M.
刊名: Geophysical Research Letters
ISSN: 0094-9291
EISSN: 1944-9022
出版年: 2013
卷: 40, 期: 4 起始页码: 720
结束页码: 726
语种: 英语
英文关键词: air-ice-sea interaction
; Arctic cyclones
; Arctic Ocean
; Sea ice
Scopus关键词: Atmospheric temperature
; Heat flux
; Oceanography
; Sea ice
; air-ice-sea interaction
; Arctic ocean
; Enhanced mixing
; Near surface temperature
; Ocean heat flux
; Ocean heat transport
; Oceanic boundary layers
; Sensitivity Simulation
; Storms
; cyclone
; heat transfer
; sea ice
; sea surface temperature
; simulation
; storm
; summer
; Arctic Ocean
英文摘要: This model study examines the impact of an intense early August cyclone on the 2012 record low Arctic sea ice extent. The cyclone passed when Arctic sea ice was thin and the simulated Arctic ice volume had already declined ~40% from the 2007-2011 mean. The thin sea ice pack and the presence of ocean heat in the near surface temperature maximum layer created conditions that made the ice particularly vulnerable to storms. During the storm, ice volume decreased about twice as fast as usual, owing largely to a quadrupling in bottom melt caused by increased upward ocean heat transport. This increased ocean heat flux was due to enhanced mixing in the oceanic boundary layer, driven by strong winds and rapid ice movement. A comparison with a sensitivity simulation driven by reduced wind speeds during the cyclone indicates that cyclone-enhanced bottom melt strongly reduces ice extent for about 2 weeks, with a declining effect afterward. The simulated Arctic sea ice extent minimum in 2012 is reduced by the cyclone but only by 0.15 × 106 km2 (4.4%). Thus, without the storm, 2012 would still have produced a record minimum. Key Points Arctic sea ice is thin in 2012 for rapid summer retreat Cyclone enhanced bottom melt Without the cyclone there would still be a new record low ice extent ©2013. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84876899542&doi=10.1002%2fgrl.50190&partnerID=40&md5=dba41369bc5639adbaccd7a7d7414f13
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/6555
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作者单位: Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, 1013 NE 40th Street, Seattle, WA 98105, United States
Recommended Citation:
Zhang J.,Lindsay R.,Schweiger A.,et al. The impact of an intense summer cyclone on 2012 Arctic sea ice retreat[J]. Geophysical Research Letters,2013-01-01,40(4).