Recently Intensified Tropical‐Extratropical Linkage Modulated by Arctic Sea Ice Loss
Abstract Through data analysis and numerical simulations, this study reveals the winter Arctic Warming Pattern (AWP), characterized by anticyclonic anomalies over the North Pacific and the Urals, which plays a pivotal role in linking the Arctic and tropics. The AWP is significantly correlated with t...
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| description | Abstract Through data analysis and numerical simulations, this study reveals the winter Arctic Warming Pattern (AWP), characterized by anticyclonic anomalies over the North Pacific and the Urals, which plays a pivotal role in linking the Arctic and tropics. The AWP is significantly correlated with the tropical Pacific Walker Circulation (PWC). Since the decadal shift of the AWP in 2003, the relationship between the AWP and the PWC has intensified over the past two decades. Model simulations suggest that this enhanced AWP‐PWC linkage is attributed to the recent shift to a low Arctic sea ice state after 2004. The results show that the shrinking Arctic sea ice promotes the AWP, contributing to the robust responses of zonal winds over the Pacific, further enhancing the PWC and ultimately driving the recent intensification of the tropical‐extratropical linkage. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-05d4c8f493de464e93fdfae08f4b3be92025-08-20T02:30:59ZengWileyGeophysical Research Letters0094-82761944-80072025-05-015210n/an/a10.1029/2024GL114436Recently Intensified Tropical‐Extratropical Linkage Modulated by Arctic Sea Ice LossXiang Zhang0Bingyi Wu1Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences/Institute of Atmospheric Sciences Fudan University Shanghai ChinaDepartment of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences/Institute of Atmospheric Sciences Fudan University Shanghai ChinaAbstract Through data analysis and numerical simulations, this study reveals the winter Arctic Warming Pattern (AWP), characterized by anticyclonic anomalies over the North Pacific and the Urals, which plays a pivotal role in linking the Arctic and tropics. The AWP is significantly correlated with the tropical Pacific Walker Circulation (PWC). Since the decadal shift of the AWP in 2003, the relationship between the AWP and the PWC has intensified over the past two decades. Model simulations suggest that this enhanced AWP‐PWC linkage is attributed to the recent shift to a low Arctic sea ice state after 2004. The results show that the shrinking Arctic sea ice promotes the AWP, contributing to the robust responses of zonal winds over the Pacific, further enhancing the PWC and ultimately driving the recent intensification of the tropical‐extratropical linkage.https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL114436Arctic sea icetropical‐extratropical linkageinterdecadal variations |
| spellingShingle | Xiang Zhang Bingyi Wu Recently Intensified Tropical‐Extratropical Linkage Modulated by Arctic Sea Ice Loss Geophysical Research Letters Arctic sea ice tropical‐extratropical linkage interdecadal variations |
| title | Recently Intensified Tropical‐Extratropical Linkage Modulated by Arctic Sea Ice Loss |
| title_full | Recently Intensified Tropical‐Extratropical Linkage Modulated by Arctic Sea Ice Loss |
| title_fullStr | Recently Intensified Tropical‐Extratropical Linkage Modulated by Arctic Sea Ice Loss |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recently Intensified Tropical‐Extratropical Linkage Modulated by Arctic Sea Ice Loss |
| title_short | Recently Intensified Tropical‐Extratropical Linkage Modulated by Arctic Sea Ice Loss |
| title_sort | recently intensified tropical extratropical linkage modulated by arctic sea ice loss |
| topic | Arctic sea ice tropical‐extratropical linkage interdecadal variations |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL114436 |
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