Moisture transport from the Arctica characterization from a Lagrangian perspective

  1. Marta Vázquez Domínguez 1
  2. Raquel Nieto Muñiz 12
  3. Anita Drumond 1
  4. Luis Gimeno Presa 1
  1. 1 Universidade de Vigo
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    Universidade de Vigo

    Vigo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/05rdf8595

  2. 2 Universidade de São Paulo
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    Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brasil

    ROR https://ror.org/036rp1748

Revista:
Cuadernos de investigación geográfica: Geographical Research Letters
  1. Latron, J. (ed. lit.)
  2. Lana-Renault Monreal, Noemí (ed. lit.)

ISSN: 0211-6820,  1697-9540

Ano de publicación: 2018

Volume: 44

Número: 2

Páxinas: 659-673

Tipo: Artigo

DOI: 10.18172/CIG.3477 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Resumo

The Arctic Ocean has suffered extreme reductions in sea ice in recent decades, and these observed changes suggest implications in terms of moisture transport. The Arctic region is a net sink of moisture in terms of the total hydrological cycle, however, its role as a moisture source for specific regions has not been extensively studied. Our results show that 80% of the moisture supply from the Arctic contributes to precipitation over itself, representing about 8% of the global moisture supply to the Arctic, the remaining 20% is distributed in the surrounding. A reduction in the sea ice extent could make the Arctic Ocean a slightly higher source of moisture to itself or to the surrounding areas. The analysis of the areas affected by Arctic moisture transport is important for establishing those areas vulnerable to change in a framework of a growing sea ice decline. To this end, the Lagrangian model FLEXPART was used in this work to establish the main sinks for the Arctic Ocean, focusing on the moisture transport from this region. The results suggest that most of the moisture loss occurs locally over the Arctic Ocean itself, especially in summer. Some moisture contribution from the Arctic Ocean to continental areas in North America and Eurasia is also noted in autumn and winter especially from Central Arctic, the East Siberian Sea, the Laptev, Kara, Barents, East Greenland and Bering Seas, and the Sea of Okhotsk.

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The authors acknowledge funding by the Spanish government within the EVOCAR (CGL2015-65141-R) project, which is also funded by FEDER (European Regional Development Fund). Raquel Nieto was also supported by the Brazilian government through a CNPq grant 314734/2014-7.

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