Responses and impacts of atmospheric rivers to climate change

AE Payne, ME Demory, LR Leung, AM Ramos… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Atmospheric rivers (ARs) are characterized by intense moisture transport, which, on landfall,
produce precipitation which can be both beneficial and destructive. ARs in California, for …

Atmospheric and Surface Processes, and Feedback Mechanisms Determining Arctic Amplification: A Review of First Results and Prospects of the (AC) 3 …

M Wendisch, M Brückner, S Crewell… - Bulletin of the …, 2023‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
Mechanisms behind the phenomenon of Arctic amplification are widely discussed. To
contribute to this debate, the (AC) 3 project was established in 2016 (www. ac3-tr. de/). It …

More frequent atmospheric rivers slow the seasonal recovery of Arctic sea ice

P Zhang, G Chen, M Ting, L Ruby Leung… - Nature Climate …, 2023‏ - nature.com
In recent decades, Arctic sea-ice coverage underwent a drastic decline in winter, when sea
ice is expected to recover following the melting season. It is unclear to what extent …

Antarctic atmospheric river climatology and precipitation impacts

JD Wille, V Favier, IV Gorodetskaya… - Journal of …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
The Antarctic ice sheet (AIS) is sensitive to short‐term extreme meteorological events that
can leave long‐term impacts on the continent's surface mass balance (SMB). We investigate …

Observing and modeling ice sheet surface mass balance

JTM Lenaerts, B Medley… - Reviews of …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Surface mass balance (SMB) provides mass input to the surface of the Antarctic and
Greenland Ice Sheets and therefore comprises an important control on ice sheet mass …

West Antarctic surface melt triggered by atmospheric rivers

JD Wille, V Favier, A Dufour, IV Gorodetskaya… - Nature …, 2019‏ - nature.com
Recent major melting events in West Antarctica have raised concerns about a potential
hydrofracturing and ice shelf instability. These events often share common forcings of …

Overview: quasi-Lagrangian observations of Arctic air mass transformations – introduction and initial results of the HALO–() aircraft campaign

M Wendisch, S Crewell, A Ehrlich… - Atmospheric …, 2024‏ - acp.copernicus.org
Global warming is amplified in the Arctic. However, numerical models struggle to represent
key processes that determine Arctic weather and climate. To collect data that help to …

Tracking atmospheric rivers globally: Spatial distributions and temporal evolution of life cycle characteristics

B Guan, DE Waliser - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Tracking Atmospheric Rivers Globally as Elongated Targets (tARget) algorithm
is further developed to Version 3, adding the capability to track atmospheric river (AR) life …

[HTML][HTML] The extraordinary March 2022 East Antarctica “heat” wave. Part I: observations and meteorological drivers

JD Wille, SP Alexander, C Amory, R Baiman… - Journal of …, 2024‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
The Extraordinary March 2022 East Antarctica “Heat” Wave. Part I: Observations and
Meteorological Drivers in: Journal of Climate Volume 37 Issue 3 (2024) Jump to Content …

Local and remote atmospheric circulation drivers of Arctic change: A review

GR Henderson, BS Barrett, LJ Wachowicz… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Arctic Amplification is a fundamental feature of past, present, and modelled future climate.
However, the causes of this “amplification” within Earth's climate system are not fully …