meteorologist Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 http://www.futurity.org/top-stories/drop-in-sea-ice-to-blame-for-snowy-winters/print/ http://www.pnas.org/content/suppl/2012/02/22/1114910109.DCSupplemental/pnas.1114910109_SI.pdf http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/02/17/1114910109 http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=112691 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryM Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Should be a boon to those tasked with winter forecasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 The sample size they use looks miniscule...and it doesn't offer up any explanation of the extreme anomalous high snow cover winters in the late 1970s when arctic sea ice was at its highest point in the last 30+ years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryM Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 The "enhance blocking patterns" certainly seem to be playing out, as well as "significant surface warming in the Arctic Ocean". It's the latter that worries me as it's a positive feedback for even greater ice loss and increases the possibility of large CH4 releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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