Early 20th century Arctic warming in retrospect

• Published in: International journal of climatology Vol. 30; no. 9; pp. 1269 - 1279
• Main Authors: Wood, Kevin R., Overland, James E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.07.2010; Wiley
• Subjects: arctic warming; atmospheric circulation; climate change; Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change; coupled climate system; early 20th century; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; intrinsic variability; Meteorology; polar regions; North Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean; Arctic region; AN, North Atlantic; PN, Arctic; High latitude; 1920-1930; climate warming; Surface temperature; climate variability; Circulation type; Review; Meridional circulation; arctic warming; Interannual variation; Dynamical climatology; century; Atmospheric temperature; intrinsic variability; Decadal variation; Observation data; Polar region; coupled climate system; Forcing; atmospheric circulation; early 20; 1930-1940; climate change; Anthropogenic factor

The major early 20th century climatic fluctuation (∼1920–1940) has been the subject of scientific enquiry from the time it was detected in the 1920s. The papers of scientists who studied the event first‐hand have faded into obscurity but their insights are relevant today. We review this event throug...