Synoptic mechanisms of winter warming in the Arctic

Considered is the case of abnormally warm weather in the western sector of the Russian Arctic in winter 2011/12. The synoptic analysis is carried out using the daily data of macro-scale reconstruction of atmospheric circulation that resulted in the intensive advection of warm air to the Arctic basin...

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Published in:Russian meteorology and hydrology 2015-09, Vol.40 (9), p.576-583
Main Authors: Semenov, E. K., Sokolikhina, N. N., Tudrii, K. O., Shchenin, M. V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air temperature
Atmospheric circulation
Atmospheric Sciences
Climate change
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Ice cover
Meteorology
Synoptic analysis
Temperature
Winter
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Summary:Considered is the case of abnormally warm weather in the western sector of the Russian Arctic in winter 2011/12. The synoptic analysis is carried out using the daily data of macro-scale reconstruction of atmospheric circulation that resulted in the intensive advection of warm air to the Arctic basin and large-scale anomalies of air temperature. As a result, the area of the ice cover of the Barents and Kara seas was the least ever observed over the history of routine remote observations.
ISSN:1068-3739
1934-8096
DOI:10.3103/S1068373915090022