Origins of Barents-Kara sea-ice interannual variability modulated by the Atlantic pathway of El Niño–Southern Oscillation

Binhe Luo; Dehai Luo; Yao Ge; Aiguo Dai; Lin Wang; Ian Simmonds; Cunde Xiao; Lixin Wu; Yao Yao

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36136-5

Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Origins of Barents-Kara sea-ice interannual variability modulated by the Atlantic pathway of El Niño–Southern Oscillation

Binhe Luo,
Dehai Luo,
Yao Ge,
Aiguo Dai,
Lin Wang,
Ian Simmonds,
Cunde Xiao,
Lixin Wu,
Yao Yao

Affiliations

Binhe Luo: State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University
Dehai Luo: Key Laboratory of Regional Climate-Environment for Temperate East Asia, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yao Ge: Key Laboratory of Regional Climate-Environment for Temperate East Asia, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Aiguo Dai: Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York
Lin Wang: Center for Monsoon System Research, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ian Simmonds: School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Melbourne
Cunde Xiao: State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University
Lixin Wu: Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System and Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China and Laoshan Laboratory
Yao Yao: Key Laboratory of Regional Climate-Environment for Temperate East Asia, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36136-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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This paper finds that the winter sea-ice over the Barents-Kara Seas has exhibited strengthened interannual variations in recent decades likely due to increased amplitudes of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation in a warming climate.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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