Effects of Arctic sea ice decline on weather and climate: A review

T Vihma - Surveys in Geophysics, 2014 - Springer
The areal extent, concentration and thickness of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean and adjacent
seas have strongly decreased during the recent decades, but cold, snow-rich winters have …

The atmospheric role in the Arctic water cycle: A review on processes, past and future changes, and their impacts

T Vihma, J Screen, M Tjernström… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric humidity, clouds, precipitation, and evapotranspiration are essential
components of the Arctic climate system. During recent decades, specific humidity and …

Continuous observations of the surface energy budget and meteorology over the Arctic sea ice during MOSAiC

CJ Cox, MR Gallagher, MD Shupe, POG Persson… - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC)
was a yearlong expedition supported by the icebreaker R/V Polarstern, following the …

[HTML][HTML] What is the surface mass balance of Antarctica? An intercomparison of regional climate model estimates

R Mottram, N Hansen, C Kittel, JM van Wessem… - The …, 2021 - tc.copernicus.org
We compare the performance of five different regional climate models (RCMs)(COSMO-CLM
2, HIRHAM5, MAR3. 10, MetUM, and RACMO2. 3p2), forced by ERA-Interim reanalysis, in …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating Arctic sea ice thickness and volume using CryoSat-2 radar altimeter data

RL Tilling, A Ridout, A Shepherd - Advances in Space Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Arctic sea ice is a major element of the Earth's climate system. It acts to regulate regional
heat and freshwater budgets and subsequent atmospheric and oceanic circulation across …

Urbanization-induced Earth's surface energy alteration and warming: A global spatiotemporal analysis

P Shen, S Zhao, Y Ma, S Liu - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
As both drivers and first responders, urban areas are rapidly increasing in importance of
sha** global climate change. The global imprint of urbanization on surface energy …

Processes controlling the composition and abundance of Arctic aerosol

MD Willis, WR Leaitch, JPD Abbatt - Reviews of Geophysics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The Arctic region is a harbinger of global change and is warming at a rate higher than the
global average. While Arctic warming is driven by increases in anthropogenic greenhouse …

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 …

An Arctic CCN-limited cloud-aerosol regime

T Mauritsen, J Sedlar, M Tjernström… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - acp.copernicus.org
On average, airborne aerosol particles cool the Earth's surface directly by absorbing and
scattering sunlight and indirectly by influencing cloud reflectivity, life time, thickness or …

100 years of progress in boundary layer meteorology

MA LeMone, WM Angevine… - Meteorological …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Over the last 100 years, boundary layer meteorology grew from the subject of mostly near-
surface observations to a field encompassing diverse atmospheric boundary layers (ABLs) …