Arctic Climate Variability - Softcover

Koenigk, Torben

 
9783836408028: Arctic Climate Variability
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3836408023 ISBN 13: 9783836408028
Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K., 2007

Synopsis

Arctic sea ice plays an important role in the global climate system due to its high reflectivity of solar radiance, isolation effects and melting- and freezing processes. Sea ice export through Fram Strait is the largest source of ice export from the Arctic into the North Atlantic Ocean. The author uses a global climate model to analyze Arctic climate variability with special focus on the Arctic sea ice export and its impact on northern hemispheric climate. The Fram Strait sea ice export shows pronounced interannual and decadal variability, which is mainly caused by variations of wind stress and sea ice thickness in Fram Strait. The physical mechanisms of these variations are investigated. Large Fram Strait sea ice export events affect oceanic and atmospheric climate conditions in the Labrador Sea one and two years later. Hence, Fram Strait sea ice export shows a high potential for predictability of climate in the Labrador Sea. This book is addressed to readers with physical and mathematical knowledge interested in Arctic climate.

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Synopsis

Arctic sea ice plays an important role in the global climate system due to its high reflectivity of solar radiance, isolation effects and melting- and freezing processes. Sea ice export through Fram Strait is the largest source of ice export from the Arctic into the North Atlantic Ocean. The author uses a global climate model to analyze Arctic climate variability with special focus on the Arctic sea ice export and its impact on northern hemispheric climate. The Fram Strait sea ice export shows pronounced interannual and decadal variability, which is mainly caused by variations of wind stress and sea ice thickness in Fram Strait. The physical mechanisms of these variations are investigated. Large Fram Strait sea ice export events affect oceanic and atmospheric climate conditions in the Labrador Sea one and two years later. Hence, Fram Strait sea ice export shows a high potential for predictability of climate in the Labrador Sea. This book is addressed to readers with physical and mathematical knowledge interested in Arctic climate.

About the Author

Dr. Torben Koenigk: diploma in meteorology at the University of Kiel, PhD in oceanography at the University of Hamburg, since 2005 postdoctoral position in the Sonderforschungsbereich 512 (Cyclones and Climate System of the North Atlantic Ocean) at the Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg.

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Publisher
VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3836408023
ISBN 13 
9783836408028
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
132

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