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DOI | 10.1029/2019GL086076 |
Future Reductions in Polar Cold Air Mass and Cold Air Outbreaks Revealed From Isentropic Analysis | |
Kanno, Yuki1; Iwasaki, Toshiki2 | |
2020-02-16 | |
发表期刊 | GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS |
ISSN | 0094-8276 |
EISSN | 1944-8007 |
出版年 | 2020 |
卷号 | 47期号:3 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Japan |
英文摘要 | This study quantifies future changes in the polar cold air mass (PCAM) below a threshold potential temperature of 280 K and its horizontal fluxes, which are an indicator for the intensity of cold air outbreaks, by analyzing the outputs from five climate models from the Fifth Coupled Model Intercomparison Project. Under the business-as-usual scenario, the multimodel means of the wintertime total hemispheric PCAM decrease by 37% in the Northern Hemisphere and by 34% in the Southern Hemisphere by the end of the 21st century. The midlatitude equatorward PCAM fluxes are projected to decrease significantly by around 2050. This is primarily due to the reduction of the PCAM and to a lesser extent due to the weakening of the extratropical meridional circulation. Finally, intermodel differences in the total hemispheric PCAM reduction are shown to be linearly related to the climate sensitivity to the global mean surface air temperature. Plain Language Summary In winter, the polar regions are reservoirs of extremely cold air masses. Sometimes, the polar cold air outflows to the midlatitudes and results in very cold weather. This study quantitatively evaluated the future changes in the polar cold air mass and its outflow to the midlatitudes in the winter hemispheres. We found that both the polar cold air mass and its outflow are projected to decrease significantly by the end of the 21st century in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres due to the increase in the global mean surface temperature. These findings provide a possible scenario of future polar climate change. |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000529107400003 |
WOS关键词 | SEA-ICE LOSS ; CIRCULATION RESPONSE ; NORTHERN ; AMPLIFICATION ; SURFACE ; CMIP5 |
WOS类目 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/279596 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Nagoya Univ, Inst Space Earth Environm Res, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; 2.Tohoku Univ, Grad Sch Sci, Dept Geophys, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Kanno, Yuki,Iwasaki, Toshiki. Future Reductions in Polar Cold Air Mass and Cold Air Outbreaks Revealed From Isentropic Analysis[J]. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2020,47(3). |
APA | Kanno, Yuki,&Iwasaki, Toshiki.(2020).Future Reductions in Polar Cold Air Mass and Cold Air Outbreaks Revealed From Isentropic Analysis.GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,47(3). |
MLA | Kanno, Yuki,et al."Future Reductions in Polar Cold Air Mass and Cold Air Outbreaks Revealed From Isentropic Analysis".GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 47.3(2020). |
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