日本地球惑星科学連合2016年大会

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セッション記号 A (大気水圏科学) » A-CG 大気水圏科学複合領域・一般

[A-CG24] 北極域の科学

2016年5月26日(木) 15:30 〜 16:45 ポスター会場 (国際展示場 6ホール)

コンビーナ:*川崎 高雄(国立極地研究所)、森 正人(東京大学大気海洋研究所)、佐藤 永(海洋研究開発機構 地球表層物質循環研究分野)、津滝 俊(国立極地研究所国際北極環境研究センター)、羽角 博康(東京大学大気海洋研究所)

15:30 〜 16:45

[ACG24-P04] 北極温暖化増幅下での天候レジームの変化

*森 正人1渡部 雅浩1木本 昌秀1 (1.東京大学大気海洋研究所)

キーワード:北極域、北極温暖化増幅、異常気象

The Arctic surface air temperature has warmed more than twice as fast as the global average (e.g., Cohen et al. 2014), which is known as Arctic Amplification (AA). All the fifth Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) model projects that the warming become more and more conspicuous toward the end of this century, which is one of the most robust climate change signal projected by the models. Therefore, it is important to clarify the extent to which the AA influences the Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes extreme events, especially recurrent and persistent circulation pattern which causes the heat wave and cold spell.
Here we use a 100-member ensemble of historical simulations and future projections with a hi-resolution atmospheric general circulation model to show that as a result of change in the climatological atmospheric flow induced by the AA, the probability of occurrence of a specific circulation anomaly pattern will increase in future. This circulation pattern is strongly tied to winter cold spell over the Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes in present climate, but not necessarily in the Arctic amplified future climate. This is because a reduced climatological meridional temperature gradient in lower troposphere acts to weaken the variance of surface temperature.