Session 3 Arctic Circulation and Sea-Ice Variability and Trends

Tuesday, 12 January 2016: 8:30 AM-9:45 AM
La Nouvelle C ( New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 28th Conference on Climate Variability and Change
Chair:
R. Saravanan, Texas A&M University, Dept. of Atmospheric Science, College Station, Texas

Structure and mechanisms; connection with climatological phenomena.

Papers:
8:30 AM
3.1
Contrasting the Impact of Arctic and Antarctic Stratospheric Sudden Warmings
Jeffrey Fitzgerald Sr., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and T. Reichler
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
3.2
Covariance Between Atmospheric State Regimes, Arctic Low Clouds, and Sea Ice in Observations and Climate Models
Patrick C. Taylor, NASA, Hampton, VA; and S. Kato, K. M. Xu, and M. Cai
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
3.3
Influences of Atmospheric Eddies on the Initial Melt of Arctic Sea Ice: The Role of Cloud Fraction Anomalies and Poleward Heat Transport by High- and Low-Frequency Atmospheric Eddies
Bradley M. Hegyi, NASA, Hampton, VA; and Y. Deng and P. C. Taylor
Recorded Presentation

3.4
Extreme Moisture Transport into the Arctic and Its Effect on Sea-Ice Concentration

9:30 AM
3.5
The Impact of Multidecadal NAO Variations on Atlantic Ocean Heat Transport and Rapid Changes in Arctic Sea Ice in the 20th and Early 21st Centuries
Thomas L. Delworth, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and F. Zeng
Recorded Presentation

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