Marine Heatwaves in Siberian Arctic Seas and Adjacent Region

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:15b54ff23aa44823ab001ff68879e0aa2021-11-11T18:56:41ZMarine Heatwaves in Siberian Arctic Seas and Adjacent Region10.3390/rs132144362072-4292https://doaj.org/article/15b54ff23aa44823ab001ff68879e0aa2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/21/4436https://doaj.org/toc/2072-4292We used a satellite-derived global daily sea surface temperature (SST) dataset with resolution 0.25 × 0.25<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mrow></mrow><mo>∘</mo></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula> to analyze interannual changes in the Arctic Shelf seas from 2000 to 2020 and to reveal extreme events in SST distribution. Results show that the second decade of the 21st century for the Siberian Arctic seas turned significantly warmer than the first decade, and the increase in SST in the Arctic seas could be considered in terms of marine heatwaves. Analyzing the spatial distribution of heatwaves and their characteristics, we showed that from 2018 to 2020, the surface warming extended to the northern deep-water region of the Laptev Sea 75<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mrow></mrow><mo>∘</mo></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula> to 81<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mrow></mrow><mo>∘</mo></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>N. To reveal the most important forcing for the northward extension of the marine heatwaves, we used three-dimensional numerical modeling of the Arctic Ocean based on a sea-ice and ocean model forced by the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis. The simulation of the Arctic Ocean variability from 2000 to 2020 showed marine heatwaves and their increasing intensity in the northern region of the Kara and Laptev seas, closely connected to the disappearance of ice cover. A series of numerical experiments on the sensitivity of the model showed that the main factors affecting the Arctic sea-ice loss and the formation of anomalous temperature north of the Siberian Arctic seas are equally the thermal and dynamic effects of the atmosphere. Numerical modeling allows us to examine the impact of other physical mechanisms as well. Among them were the state of the ocean and winter sea ice, the formation of fast ice polynias and riverine heat influx.Elena GolubevaMarina KrainevaGennady PlatovDina IakshinaMarina TarkhanovaMDPI AGarticleSiberian Arctic seasclimate changesmarine heatwavesnumerical modelingScienceQENRemote Sensing, Vol 13, Iss 4436, p 4436 (2021)
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topic Siberian Arctic seas
climate changes
marine heatwaves
numerical modeling
Science
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spellingShingle Siberian Arctic seas
climate changes
marine heatwaves
numerical modeling
Science
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Elena Golubeva
Marina Kraineva
Gennady Platov
Dina Iakshina
Marina Tarkhanova
Marine Heatwaves in Siberian Arctic Seas and Adjacent Region
description We used a satellite-derived global daily sea surface temperature (SST) dataset with resolution 0.25 × 0.25<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mrow></mrow><mo>∘</mo></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula> to analyze interannual changes in the Arctic Shelf seas from 2000 to 2020 and to reveal extreme events in SST distribution. Results show that the second decade of the 21st century for the Siberian Arctic seas turned significantly warmer than the first decade, and the increase in SST in the Arctic seas could be considered in terms of marine heatwaves. Analyzing the spatial distribution of heatwaves and their characteristics, we showed that from 2018 to 2020, the surface warming extended to the northern deep-water region of the Laptev Sea 75<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mrow></mrow><mo>∘</mo></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula> to 81<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mrow></mrow><mo>∘</mo></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>N. To reveal the most important forcing for the northward extension of the marine heatwaves, we used three-dimensional numerical modeling of the Arctic Ocean based on a sea-ice and ocean model forced by the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis. The simulation of the Arctic Ocean variability from 2000 to 2020 showed marine heatwaves and their increasing intensity in the northern region of the Kara and Laptev seas, closely connected to the disappearance of ice cover. A series of numerical experiments on the sensitivity of the model showed that the main factors affecting the Arctic sea-ice loss and the formation of anomalous temperature north of the Siberian Arctic seas are equally the thermal and dynamic effects of the atmosphere. Numerical modeling allows us to examine the impact of other physical mechanisms as well. Among them were the state of the ocean and winter sea ice, the formation of fast ice polynias and riverine heat influx.
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author Elena Golubeva
Marina Kraineva
Gennady Platov
Dina Iakshina
Marina Tarkhanova
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Marina Kraineva
Gennady Platov
Dina Iakshina
Marina Tarkhanova
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title Marine Heatwaves in Siberian Arctic Seas and Adjacent Region
title_short Marine Heatwaves in Siberian Arctic Seas and Adjacent Region
title_full Marine Heatwaves in Siberian Arctic Seas and Adjacent Region
title_fullStr Marine Heatwaves in Siberian Arctic Seas and Adjacent Region
title_full_unstemmed Marine Heatwaves in Siberian Arctic Seas and Adjacent Region
title_sort marine heatwaves in siberian arctic seas and adjacent region
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