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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-3-845-2022
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Research article
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04 Aug 2022
Research article |
| 04 Aug 2022
| 04 Aug 2022
Pacific Decadal Oscillation modulates the Arctic sea-ice loss influence on the midlatitude atmospheric circulation in winter
UMR LOCEAN, Sorbonne Université/IRD/MNHN/CNRS, Paris,
France
Instituto Dom Luiz (IDL), Faculdade de Ciências,
Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Guillaume Gastineau
UMR LOCEAN, Sorbonne Université/IRD/MNHN/CNRS, Paris,
France
Claude Frankignoul
UMR LOCEAN, Sorbonne Université/IRD/MNHN/CNRS, Paris,
France
Vladimir Lapin
Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain
Pablo Ortega
Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain
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The OMIP-2 framework for global ocean–sea-ice model simulations is assessed by comparing multi-model means from 11 CMIP6-class global ocean–sea-ice models calculated separately for the OMIP-1 and OMIP-2 simulations. Many features are very similar between OMIP-1 and OMIP-2 simulations, and yet key improvements in transitioning from OMIP-1 to OMIP-2 are also identified. Thus, the present assessment justifies that future ocean–sea-ice model development and analysis studies use the OMIP-2 framework.
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Short summary
The influence of the Arctic sea-ice loss on atmospheric circulation in midlatitudes depends on persistent sea surface temperatures in the North Pacific. In winter, Arctic sea-ice loss and a warm North Pacific Ocean both induce depressions over the North Pacific and North Atlantic, an anticyclone over Greenland, and a stratospheric anticyclone over the Arctic. However, the effects are not additive as the interaction between both signals is slightly destructive.
The influence of the Arctic sea-ice loss on atmospheric circulation in midlatitudes depends on...
