Relationship Between Arctic Sea Ice Thickness Distribution
and Climate of China |
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Institution: | Institute of Meteorology, PLA University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 211101;Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster of Ministry of Education, Nanjing University of
Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044;Institute of Meteorology, PLA University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 211101;Institute of Meteorology, PLA University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 211101;Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster of Ministry of Education, Nanjing University of
Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044 |
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Abstract: | Based on the simulated ice thickness data from 1949 to 1999, monthly mean temperature data from 160
stations, and monthly mean 1°×1° precipitation data reconstructed from 749 stations in China from 1951 to
2000, the relationship between the Arctic sea ice thickness distribution and the climate of China is analyzed
by using the singular value decomposition method. Climate patterns of temperature and precipitation are
obtained through the rotated empirical orthogonal function analysis. The results are as follows. (1) Sea ice
in Arctic Ocean has a decreasing trend as a whole, and varies with two major periods of 12-14 and 16-20
yr, respectively. (2) When sea ice is thicker in central Arctic Ocean and Beaufort-Chukchi Seas, thinner in
Barents-Kara Seas and Baffin Bay-Labrador Sea, precipitation is less in southern China, Tibetan Plateau,
and the north part of northeastern China than normal, and vice versa. (3) When sea ice is thinner in the
whole Arctic seas, precipitation is less over the middle and lower reaches of Yellow River and north part of
northeastern China, more in Tibetan Plateau and south part of northeastern China than normal, and the
reverse is also true. (4) When sea ice is thinner in central Arctic Ocean, East Siberian Sea, Beaufort-Chukchi
Seas, and Greenland Sea; and thicker in Baffin Bay-Labrador Sea, air temperature is higher in northeastern
China, southern Tibetan Plateau, and Hainan Island than normal. (5) When sea ice is thicker in East
Siberian Sea 5 months earlier, thinner in Baffin Bay-Labrador Sea 7-15 months earlier, air temperature is
lower over the north of Tibetan Plateau and higher in the north part of northwestern China than normal,
and a reverse correlation also exists. |
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Keywords: | Arctic sea ice thickness climate of China temperature precipitation |
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