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Vertical structure of recent Arctic warming
- Rune G. Graversen, Thorsten Mauritsen, Michael Tjernström, Erland Källén, Gunilla Svensson,
- Original article citation: Nature 451, 53-56, (2008).
- Categories: Cryosphere and Atmospheric Sciences
- Recommended by: Anna Barnett on 01/17/2008 04:14PM GMT
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Rune Graversen and colleagues use statistical analyses to try and understand what processes are important in the recent warming of the Arctic. One of their findings is that a substantial part of the warming is seen at altitude, rather that at the surface - and that means ice-albedo feedbacks can't be as important as previously suggested. This suprising result was picked up in several news stories, some of which may have described it a bit misleadingly, as Oliver Morton discussed on the Climate Feedback blog: http://blogs.nature.com/climatefeedback/2008/01/arctic_amplification_1.html
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