Severe winter weather as a response to the lowest Arctic sea-ice anomalies

CHEN Hongxia; LIU Na; ZHANG Zhanhai

doi:10.1007/s13131-013-0360-y

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CHEN Hongxia, LIU Na, ZHANG Zhanhai. Severe winter weather as a response to the lowest Arctic sea-ice anomalies[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2013, 32(10): 11-15. doi: 10.1007/s13131-013-0360-y

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CHEN Hongxia, LIU Na, ZHANG Zhanhai. Severe winter weather as a response to the lowest Arctic sea-ice anomalies[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2013, 32(10): 11-15. doi: 10.1007/s13131-013-0360-y

CHEN Hongxia, LIU Na, ZHANG Zhanhai. Severe winter weather as a response to the lowest Arctic sea-ice anomalies[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2013, 32(10): 11-15. doi: 10.1007/s13131-013-0360-y

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CHEN Hongxia, LIU Na, ZHANG Zhanhai. Severe winter weather as a response to the lowest Arctic sea-ice anomalies[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2013, 32(10): 11-15. doi: 10.1007/s13131-013-0360-y

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Severe winter weather as a response to the lowest Arctic sea-ice anomalies

doi: 10.1007/s13131-013-0360-y

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Key Laboratory of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao 266061, China
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Key Laboratory for Polar Science, Polar Research Institute of China, State Oceanic Administration, Shanghai 200136, China

Received Date: 2011-12-15
Rev Recd Date: 2013-03-06

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Abstract

Possible impact of reduced Arctic sea-ice on winter severe weather in China is investigated regarding the snowstorm over southern China in January 2008.The sea-ice conditions in the summer(July-September) and fall(September-November)of 2007 show that the sea-ice is the lowest that year.During the summer and fall of 2007,sea ice displayed a significant decrease in the East Siberian,the northern Chukchi Sea, the western Beaufort Sea,the Barents Sea,and the Kara Sea.A ECHAM5.4 atmospheric general circulation model is forced with realistic sea-ice conditions and strong thermal responses with warmer surface air temperature and higher-than-normal heat flux associated with the sea-ice anomalies are found.The model shows remote atmospheric responses over East Asia in January 2008,which result in severe snowstorm over southern China.Strong water-vapor transported from the Bay of Bengal and from the Pacific Ocean related to Arctic sea-ice anomalies in the fall(instead of summer)of 2007 is considered as one of the main causes of the snowstorm formation.
- Arctic sea ice,
- severe winter weather,
- ECHAM5.4 atmospheric general circulation model

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