Nature Communications (May 2018)

Quantifying climate feedbacks in polar regions

  • Hugues Goosse,
  • Jennifer E. Kay,
  • Kyle C. Armour,
  • Alejandro Bodas-Salcedo,
  • Helene Chepfer,
  • David Docquier,
  • Alexandra Jonko,
  • Paul J. Kushner,
  • Olivier Lecomte,
  • François Massonnet,
  • Hyo-Seok Park,
  • Felix Pithan,
  • Gunilla Svensson,
  • Martin Vancoppenolle

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04173-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Estimating the magnitude of radiative and non-radiative feedbacks is key for understanding the climate dynamics of polar regions. Here the authors propose an inclusive methodology to quantify the influence of all those feedbacks, stimulating more systematic analyses in observational and model ensembles.