Quantifying climate feedbacks in polar regions

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• Journal Title:
  Nature Communications
• Personal Author:
  Goosse, Hugues ; Kay, Jennifer E. ; Armour, Kyle C. ; Bodas-Salcedo, Alejandro ; Chepfer, Helene ; Docquier, David ; Jonko, Alexandra ; Kushner, Paul J. ; Lecomte, Olivier ; Massonnet, François ; Park, Hyo-Seok ; Pithan, Felix ; Svensson, Gunilla ; Vancoppenolle, Martin
• NOAA Program & Office:
  CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences)
• Description:
  The concept of feedback is key in assessing whether a perturbation to a system is amplified or damped by mechanisms internal to the system. In polar regions, climate dynamics are controlled by both radiative and non-radiative interactions between the atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, ice sheets and land surfaces. Precisely quantifying polar feedbacks is required for a process-oriented evaluation of climate models, a clear understanding of the processes responsible for polar climate changes, and a reduction in uncertainty associated with model projections. This quantification can be performed using a simple and consistent approach that is valid for a wide range of feedbacks, offering the opportunity for more systematic feedback analyses and a better understanding of polar climate changes.
• Keywords:
  Climatology
• Source:
  Nature Communications 9: 1919 (2018)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04173-0
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Polar regions
• Rights Information:
  CC BY
• Compliance:
  Submitted
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