Sea ice and atmospheric circulation shape the high-latitude lapse rate feedback

• Published in: NPJ climate and atmospheric science Vol. 3; no. 1
• Main Authors: Feldl, Nicole, Po-Chedley, Stephen, Singh, Hansi K. A., Hay, Stephanie, Kushner, Paul J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 22.10.2020; Nature Publishing Group; Springer Nature
• Subjects: 704/106/125; 704/106/35/823; 704/106/694; Albedo; Amplification; Anthropogenic factors; Atmospheric circulation; atmospheric dynamic; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Atmospheric Sciences; Climate change; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Climatology; cryospheric science; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Feedback; Human influences; Lapse rate; Latitude; Long wave radiation; Oceans; Sea ice; Solar radiation; Troposphere; Arctic region

Arctic amplification of anthropogenic climate change is widely attributed to the sea-ice albedo feedback, with its attendant increase in absorbed solar radiation, and to the effect of the vertical structure of atmospheric warming on Earth’s outgoing longwave radiation. The latter lapse rate feedback...