Impacts of Observed Extreme Antarctic Sea Ice Conditions on the Southern Hemisphere Atmosphere
The Antarctic sea ice has undergone dramatic changes in recent years, with the highest recorded sea ice extent in 2014 and the lowest in 2017. We investigated the impacts of the observed changes in these two extremes of Antarctic sea ice conditions on the atmospheric circulation in the Southern Hemi...
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| description | The Antarctic sea ice has undergone dramatic changes in recent years, with the highest recorded sea ice extent in 2014 and the lowest in 2017. We investigated the impacts of the observed changes in these two extremes of Antarctic sea ice conditions on the atmospheric circulation in the Southern Hemisphere. We conducted three numerical simulations with different seasonal cycles of Antarctic sea ice forcings using the Community Atmosphere Model Version 5: the maximum sea ice extent in 2014 (ICE_14), the minimum sea ice extent in 2017 (ICE_17), and the average sea ice extent between 1981 and 2010 (ICE_clm, reference simulation). Our results suggest that the atmospheric response in the Southern Hemisphere showed strong seasonal variations and the atmospheric circulation in winter was more sensitive to the decreased Antarctic sea ice in 2017 than the increased sea ice in 2014. In ICE_14, the westerlies over the polar region were enhanced in summer, but there was no significant change in the zonal-averaged wind in winter. In contrast, in ICE_17, there was a clear equatorward shift in the subtropical jet in winter, but no significant change in summer. The temperature responses were limited to the Antarctic coast, where there were changes in the sea ice in ICE_14 and ICE_17. The warming on the coast of the Amundsen Sea in summer led to a slight increase in precipitation in both simulations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c0df2e82d77b492fbfdd99104bd83cc32023-11-30T21:08:29ZengMDPI AGAtmosphere2073-44332022-12-011413610.3390/atmos14010036Impacts of Observed Extreme Antarctic Sea Ice Conditions on the Southern Hemisphere AtmosphereZhu Zhu0Mirong Song1State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, ChinaThe Antarctic sea ice has undergone dramatic changes in recent years, with the highest recorded sea ice extent in 2014 and the lowest in 2017. We investigated the impacts of the observed changes in these two extremes of Antarctic sea ice conditions on the atmospheric circulation in the Southern Hemisphere. We conducted three numerical simulations with different seasonal cycles of Antarctic sea ice forcings using the Community Atmosphere Model Version 5: the maximum sea ice extent in 2014 (ICE_14), the minimum sea ice extent in 2017 (ICE_17), and the average sea ice extent between 1981 and 2010 (ICE_clm, reference simulation). Our results suggest that the atmospheric response in the Southern Hemisphere showed strong seasonal variations and the atmospheric circulation in winter was more sensitive to the decreased Antarctic sea ice in 2017 than the increased sea ice in 2014. In ICE_14, the westerlies over the polar region were enhanced in summer, but there was no significant change in the zonal-averaged wind in winter. In contrast, in ICE_17, there was a clear equatorward shift in the subtropical jet in winter, but no significant change in summer. The temperature responses were limited to the Antarctic coast, where there were changes in the sea ice in ICE_14 and ICE_17. The warming on the coast of the Amundsen Sea in summer led to a slight increase in precipitation in both simulations.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/14/1/36model simulationsAntarctic sea iceSouthern Hemisphere climate |
| spellingShingle | Zhu Zhu Mirong Song Impacts of Observed Extreme Antarctic Sea Ice Conditions on the Southern Hemisphere Atmosphere Atmosphere model simulations Antarctic sea ice Southern Hemisphere climate |
| title | Impacts of Observed Extreme Antarctic Sea Ice Conditions on the Southern Hemisphere Atmosphere |
| title_full | Impacts of Observed Extreme Antarctic Sea Ice Conditions on the Southern Hemisphere Atmosphere |
| title_fullStr | Impacts of Observed Extreme Antarctic Sea Ice Conditions on the Southern Hemisphere Atmosphere |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impacts of Observed Extreme Antarctic Sea Ice Conditions on the Southern Hemisphere Atmosphere |
| title_short | Impacts of Observed Extreme Antarctic Sea Ice Conditions on the Southern Hemisphere Atmosphere |
| title_sort | impacts of observed extreme antarctic sea ice conditions on the southern hemisphere atmosphere |
| topic | model simulations Antarctic sea ice Southern Hemisphere climate |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/14/1/36 |
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