Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006georl..3323503h&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 33, Issue 23, CiteID L23503
Physics
109
Cryosphere: Sea Ice (4540), Global Change: Abrupt/Rapid Climate Change (4901, 8408), Global Change: Cryospheric Change (0776), Global Change: Global Climate Models (3337, 4928)
Scientific paper
We examine the trajectory of Arctic summer sea ice in seven projections from the Community Climate System Model and find that abrupt reductions are a common feature of these 21st century simulations. These events have decreasing September ice extent trends that are typically 4 times larger than comparable observed trends. One event exhibits a decrease from 6 million km2 to 2 million km2 in a decade, reaching near ice-free September conditions by 2040. In the simulations, ice retreat accelerates as thinning increases the open water formation efficiency for a given melt rate and the ice-albedo feedback increases shortwave absorption. The retreat is abrupt when ocean heat transport to the Arctic is rapidly increasing. Analysis from multiple climate models and three forcing scenarios indicates that abrupt reductions occur in simulations from over 50% of the models and suggests that reductions in future greenhouse gas emissions moderate the likelihood of these events.
Bitz Cecilia M.
Holland Marika M.
Tremblay Bruno
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