DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1698-8
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84886726212
论文题名: Predictability of large interannual Arctic sea-ice anomalies
作者: Tietsche S. ; Notz D. ; Jungclaus J.H. ; Marotzke J.
刊名: Climate Dynamics
ISSN: 9307575
出版年: 2013
卷: 41, 期: 2017-09-10 起始页码: 2511
结束页码: 2526
语种: 英语
英文摘要: In projections of twenty-first century climate, Arctic sea ice declines and at the same time exhibits strong interannual anomalies. Here, we investigate the potential to predict these strong sea-ice anomalies under a perfect-model assumption, using the Max-Planck-Institute Earth System Model in the same setup as in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5). We study two cases of strong negative sea-ice anomalies: a 5-year-long anomaly for present-day conditions, and a 10-year-long anomaly for conditions projected for the middle of the twenty-first century. We treat these anomalies in the CMIP5 projections as the truth, and use exactly the same model configuration for predictions of this synthetic truth. We start ensemble predictions at different times during the anomalies, considering lagged-perfect and sea-ice-assimilated initial conditions. We find that the onset and amplitude of the interannual anomalies are not predictable. However, the further deepening of the anomaly can be predicted for typically 1 year lead time if predictions start after the onset but before the maximal amplitude of the anomaly. The magnitude of an extremely low summer sea-ice minimum is hard to predict: the skill of the prediction ensemble is not better than a damped-persistence forecast for lead times of more than a few months, and is not better than a climatology forecast for lead times of two or more years. Predictions of the present-day anomaly are more skillful than predictions of the mid-century anomaly. Predictions using sea-ice-assimilated initial conditions are competitive with those using lagged-perfect initial conditions for lead times of a year or less, but yield degraded skill for longer lead times. The results presented here suggest that there is limited prospect of predicting the large interannual sea-ice anomalies expected to occur throughout the twenty-first century. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/54726
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作者单位: Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstraße 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany; International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling, Hamburg, Germany; NCAS-Climate, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
Recommended Citation:
Tietsche S.,Notz D.,Jungclaus J.H.,et al. Predictability of large interannual Arctic sea-ice anomalies[J]. Climate Dynamics,2013-01-01,41(2017-09-10)