Journal article
Polar Climate Change as Manifest in Atmospheric Circulation
JA Screen, TJ Bracegirdle, I Simmonds
CURRENT CLIMATE CHANGE REPORTS | SPRINGER HEIDELBERG | Published : 2018
Abstract
Purpose of Review: Dynamic manifestations of climate change, i.e. those related to circulation, are less well understood than are thermodynamic, or temperature-related aspects. However, this knowledge gap is narrowing. We review recent progress in understanding the causes of observed changes in polar tropospheric and stratospheric circulation, and in interpreting climate model projections of their future changes. Recent Findings: Trends in the annular modes reflect the influences of multiple drivers. In the Northern Hemisphere, there appears to be a "tug-of-war" between the opposing effects of Arctic near-surface warming and tropical upper tropospheric warming, two predominant features of th..
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Awarded by Leverhulme Trust
Awarded by Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Awarded by NERC, British Antarctic Survey Polar Science for Planet Earth Programme
Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
James Screen received funding from The Leverhulme Trust (PLP-2015-215) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC; Grant NE/N018486/1). Thomas Bracegirdle was funded by NERC, both as part of the British Antarctic Survey Polar Science for Planet Earth Programme and Grant NE/N01829X/1. Parts of this work were made possible by an Australian Research Council grant (DP160101997) to Ian Simmonds and James Screen.