The Seasonal Response of the Arctic and Global Climate System to Projected Sea Ice Loss within the Context of GHG-Induced Climate Change
Basic Project Information
Start Date:
1 September 2009
End Date:
31 August 2012
Full Title:
The Seasonal Response of the Arctic and Global Climate System to Projected Sea Ice Loss within the Context of GHG-Induced Climate Change
Abstract or Short Description:
The objective of the project is to identify robust seasonal changes in the Arctic climate system to projected Arctic sea ice loss, and to place these into the context of global-scale changes due to increasing greenhouse gas concentrations (GHGs). We examine physical and biological changes in the atmosphere, ocean, and land using the newest versions of the NCAR Community Climate System Model (CCSM) and Community Earth System Model (CESM) as our primary tool.
To date, our project has investigated the following issues:
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Climatological characteristics of the planetary boundary layer over the Arctic Ocean and adjacent continents in models and various observational products including radiosondes, reanalyses, and satellite data.
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Uncertainty in future trajectories of Arctic sea ice loss due to internal variability of the climate system based on a new 40-member ensemble of forced 21st century integrations with CCSM version 3.
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Impact of shifting seasonality on carbon and nutrient cycling in the Arctic Ocean based on forced 21st century integrations with CCSM.
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Evaluation of seasonal changes in 21st century Arctic sea ice as simulated by the new CCSM version 4.
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Soil data assemblage for use in assessing the state of ground and comparison to CESM.
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Recent changes in Arctic seasonality as determined from Reanalysis products.
Project Web Link:
http://www.arcus.org/
Funding Agencies:
National Science Foundation
Funding Solicitation/Announcement:
Changing Seasonality in the Arctic System (CSAS): NSF 08-567
Unique Project Identifier(s):
0902065
0902057
Personnel Information
Principal Investigator(s):
Clara Deser (cdeser@ucar.edu)
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Marika Holland
(mholland [at] ucar [dot] edu)
- Name: Marika Holland
- Department: Climate and Global Dynamics Division
- Organization: National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
- Email: mholland [at] ucar [dot] edu
David Lawrence
(dlawren [at] ucar [dot] edu)
- Name: David Lawrence
- Department: Terrestrial Sciences Section
- Organization: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
- Email: dlawren [at] ucar [dot] edu
Andrew Slater
(aslater [at] kryos [dot] colorado [dot] edu)
- Name: Andrew Slater
- Department: NSIDC
- Organization: University of Colorado
- Email: aslater [at] kryos [dot] colorado [dot] edu
Other Project Personnel:
Matthew Long
(mclong [at] ucar [dot] edu)
- Name: Matthew Long
- Department:
- Organization: National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Email: mclong [at] ucar [dot] edu
Justin Wettstein
(justinw [at] ucar [dot] edu)
- Name: Justin Wettstein
- Department: Climate Analysis Section
- Organization: National Center for Atmospheric Research Earth Systems laboratory
- Email: justinw [at] ucar [dot] edu
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