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

Año de publicación: 2018

Volumen: 44

Número: 2

Páginas: 659-673

Tipo: Artículo

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

Otras publicaciones en: Cuadernos de investigación geográfica: Geographical Research Letters

Resumen

En las últimas décadas el océano Ártico ha sufrido un importante retroceso en el hielo marino, pudiendo estar estos cambios relacionados con variaciones en el transporte de humedad. La región ártica es un sumidero neto de humedad en términos de ciclo hidrológico total, sin embargo, su rol como fuente de humedad en algunas regiones concretas todavía no ha sido extensamente investigado. Nuestros resultados muestran que el 80% de la contribución de humedad ártica contribuye a precipitación sobre la propia región, representando este valor aproximadamente el 8% del aporte de humedad global sobre el Ártico. El 20% de humedad restante se distribuye en las regiones circundantes. El análisis de las áreas afectadas por el transporte de humedad desde el Ártico resulta importante a la hora de establecer aquellas áreas más vulnerables al cambio en el marco de un creciente retroceso en el hielo marino. Para tal fin, se he empleado el modelo lagrangiano FLEXPART para establecer los principales sumideros para el océano Ártico, centrándose en el transporte de humedad desde esta región. Los resultados sugieren que la mayor parte de la humedad tiene lugar sobre el propio ártico, especialmente en verano. Sobre Norte América y Eurasia se observa algún aporte de humedad en otoño e invierno, especialmente desde el Ártico Central, el mar de Siberia Oriental, los mares de Laptev, Kara, Barents, Groenlandia oriental y Bering y el mar de 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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