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Future intensification of extreme Aleutian Low events and their climate impacts

Future intensification of extreme Aleutian Low events and their climate impacts
Future intensification of extreme Aleutian Low events and their climate impacts
Sea level pressure extreme events have considerable effects on regional and global climatic and oceanic conditions. In the North Pacific, the Aleutian Low (AL) extreme deepenings have been linked to major marine abrupt changes and extreme weather patterns, leading to serious implications on environmental and socio-economic conditions. However, there is limited information on the future evolution of the AL extremes and their effects on atmosphere-ocean interaction. Here, we use a large ensemble from the Community Earth System Model to examine the development of the AL extreme events in historical runs and future simulations under the RCP8.5 scenario. We estimate dynamical proxies to quantify the frequency and persistence of these extremes and further examine their relationship with net heat flux through wavelet coherence. Our results reveal an intensification of the AL extreme events under the RCP8.5 future scenario. An increasing trend towards the positive phase of the Pacific-North American teleconnection pattern, one of the most influential climate patterns in the Northern Hemisphere extratropics, is also presented. The strengthened future AL extremes further increase the variability on net heat fluxes in the Kuroshio Extension, the most significant heat and energy flux area in the North Pacific. The increasing intensity and frequency of occurrence of AL extreme events may potentially cause irreversible changes in fisheries, ecosystems and weather of the Pacific region.
Giamalaki, Aikaterini
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Beaulieu, Claudie
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Henson, Stephanie
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Martin, Adrian
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Kassem, Hachem
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Faranda, Davide
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Giamalaki, Aikaterini
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Beaulieu, Claudie
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Henson, Stephanie
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Martin, Adrian
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Kassem, Hachem
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Faranda, Davide
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Giamalaki, Aikaterini, Beaulieu, Claudie, Henson, Stephanie, Martin, Adrian, Kassem, Hachem and Faranda, Davide (2020) Future intensification of extreme Aleutian Low events and their climate impacts. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2020, New Orleans, LA, USA, New Orleans, United States. 01 - 17 Dec 2020.

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Abstract

Sea level pressure extreme events have considerable effects on regional and global climatic and oceanic conditions. In the North Pacific, the Aleutian Low (AL) extreme deepenings have been linked to major marine abrupt changes and extreme weather patterns, leading to serious implications on environmental and socio-economic conditions. However, there is limited information on the future evolution of the AL extremes and their effects on atmosphere-ocean interaction. Here, we use a large ensemble from the Community Earth System Model to examine the development of the AL extreme events in historical runs and future simulations under the RCP8.5 scenario. We estimate dynamical proxies to quantify the frequency and persistence of these extremes and further examine their relationship with net heat flux through wavelet coherence. Our results reveal an intensification of the AL extreme events under the RCP8.5 future scenario. An increasing trend towards the positive phase of the Pacific-North American teleconnection pattern, one of the most influential climate patterns in the Northern Hemisphere extratropics, is also presented. The strengthened future AL extremes further increase the variability on net heat fluxes in the Kuroshio Extension, the most significant heat and energy flux area in the North Pacific. The increasing intensity and frequency of occurrence of AL extreme events may potentially cause irreversible changes in fisheries, ecosystems and weather of the Pacific region.

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Published date: 16 December 2020
Venue - Dates: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2020, New Orleans, LA, USA, New Orleans, United States, 2020-12-01 - 2020-12-17

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Local EPrints ID: 449768
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/449768
PURE UUID: 70c2c434-d554-443b-a279-f723cc49332b
ORCID for Hachem Kassem: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5936-6037

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Date deposited: 16 Jun 2021 16:30
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 03:33

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Author: Aikaterini Giamalaki
Author: Claudie Beaulieu
Author: Adrian Martin
Author: Hachem Kassem ORCID iD
Author: Davide Faranda

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