Fluctuating Atlantic inflows modulate Arctic atlantification

• Published in: Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 381; no. 6661; pp. 972 - 979
• Main Authors: Polyakov, Igor V., Ingvaldsen, Randi B., Pnyushkov, Andrey V., Bhatt, Uma S., Francis, Jennifer A., Janout, Markus, Kwok, Ronald, Skagseth, Øystein
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington The American Association for the Advancement of Science 01.09.2023
• Subjects: Dipoles; Heat flux; Inflow; Ocean circulation; Ocean currents; Sea ice; Warm water; Water circulation; Weather patterns; Arctic Ocean

Enhanced warm, salty subarctic inflows drive high-latitude atlantification, which weakens oceanic stratification, amplifies heat fluxes, and reduces sea ice. In this work, we show that the atmospheric Arctic Dipole (AD) associated with anticyclonic winds over North America and cyclonic winds over Eu...