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Understanding the stratospheric response to Arctic amplification

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Mudhar,  Regan
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

Geen,  Ruth
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

Lewis,  Neil
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

Screen,  James
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

Seviour,  William
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

Thomson,  Stephen
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

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Mudhar, R., Geen, R., Lewis, N., Screen, J., Seviour, W., Thomson, S. (2023): Understanding the stratospheric response to Arctic amplification, XXVIII General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) (Berlin 2023).
https://doi.org/10.57757/IUGG23-1511


Cite as: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5018098
Abstract
Recent studies propose that Arctic sea ice loss and associated warming influence wave propagation into the stratosphere, affecting the winter polar vortex. Through stratosphere-troposphere coupling, this may perturb the winter jet stream and affect surface weather. But the “stratospheric pathway” linking Arctic variability to midlatitude weather extremes is not well understood. For example, studies such as the Polar Amplification Model Intercomparison Project (PAMIP) have not found a robust stratospheric response to Arctic sea ice loss, in strength nor sign. Here, we use an idealised atmospheric modelling framework (Isca) to better understand mechanisms and uncertainties in the stratospheric polar vortex response to Arctic amplification. We use Newtonian relaxation of temperature to a specified equilibrium temperature to simulate northern hemisphere winter, and force the model with an adjustable polar heating. Consistent with previous work, the vortex weakens in response to the imposed heating. Notably, we find a dependency on heating depth; vortex variability and sudden warming frequency reduces with increasing depth. This is relevant to PAMIP given previous work suggesting that atmosphere-only GCMs likely underestimate the depth of sea ice loss-induced atmospheric warming compared to fully coupled ones, and that the Arctic amplification link to midlatitude weather is sensitive to the vertical extent of polar warming. As such, our results should help to improve understanding and reduce biases in such comprehensive models.