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 …

Improved performance of ERA5 in Arctic gateway relative to four global atmospheric reanalyses

RM Graham, SR Hudson… - Geophysical Research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Here we evaluate five atmospheric reanalyses in an Arctic gateway during late summer. The
reanalyses include ERA5, ERA‐Interim, Japanese 55 year Re‐Analysis (JRA‐55), Climate …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of ERA5 and ERA-Interim near-surface air temperature, snowfall and precipitation over Arctic sea ice: effects on sea ice thermodynamics and …

C Wang, RM Graham, K Wang, S Gerland… - The …, 2019 - tc.copernicus.org
Rapid changes are occurring in the Arctic, including a reduction in sea ice thickness and
coverage and a shift towards younger and thinner sea ice. Snow and sea ice models are …

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) …

Validation of atmospheric reanalyses over the central Arctic Ocean

E Jakobson, T Vihma, T Palo… - Geophysical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric reanalyses were validated against tethersonde sounding data on air
temperature, air humidity and wind speed, collected during the drifting ice station Tara in the …

Advances in understanding and parameterization of small-scale physical processes in the marine Arctic climate system: a review

T Vihma, R Pirazzini, I Fer, IA Renfrew… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - acp.copernicus.org
The Arctic climate system includes numerous highly interactive small-scale physical
processes in the atmosphere, sea ice, and ocean. During and since the International Polar …

An evaluation of surface meteorology and fluxes over the Iceland and Greenland Seas in ERA5 reanalysis: The impact of sea ice distribution

IA Renfrew, C Barrell, AD Elvidge… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Iceland and Greenland Seas are a crucial region for the climate system, being
the headwaters of the lower limb of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of 2-m air temperature and surface temperature from ERA5 and ERA-I using buoy observations in the Arctic during 2010–2020

Y Yu, W **ao, Z Zhang, X Cheng, F Hui, J Zhao - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
In data-sparse regions such as the Arctic, atmospheric reanalysis is one of the key tools for
understanding rapid climate change at the regional and global scales. The utility of …

Intercomparison of the Arctic sea ice cover in global ocean–sea ice reanalyses from the ORA-IP project

M Chevallier, GC Smith, F Dupont, JF Lemieux… - Climate Dynamics, 2017 - Springer
Ocean–sea ice reanalyses are crucial for assessing the variability and recent trends in the
Arctic sea ice cover. This is especially true for sea ice volume, as long-term and large scale …