Barents-Kara sea-ice decline attributed to surface warming in the Gulf Stream

Yoko Yamagami; Masahiro Watanabe; Masato Mori; Jun Ono

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31117-6

Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

Barents-Kara sea-ice decline attributed to surface warming in the Gulf Stream

Yoko Yamagami,
Masahiro Watanabe,
Masato Mori,
Jun Ono

Affiliations

Yoko Yamagami: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Masahiro Watanabe: Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo
Masato Mori: Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University
Jun Ono: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31117-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Climate model simulations show that for 1970-2017 externally-forced sea surface temperature increases in the Gulf Stream explain up to 56% of the sea-ice decline in the Barents-Kara Sea during winter via poleward oceanic heat transport.

Published in Nature Communications

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