What caused the recent “Warm Arctic, Cold Continents” trend pattern in winter temperatures?

Abstract The emergence of rapid Arctic warming in recent decades has coincided with unusually cold winters over Northern Hemisphere continents. It has been speculated that this “Warm Arctic, Cold Continents” trend pattern is due to sea ice loss. Here we use multiple models to examine whether such a...

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Main Authors: Lantao Sun, Judith Perlwitz, Martin Hoerling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-05-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069024
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