Is extreme Arctic sea ice anomaly in 2007 a key contributor to severe January 2008 snowstorm in China?

Na, Liu; Liu, Jiping; Zhang, Zhanhai; Chen, Hongxia; Song, Mirong

doi:10.1002/joc.2400

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“…For example, it has been proposed that the Eurasia cold winter (Honda et al 2009), spring cooling over East Asia (Li and Wang 2013a), precipitation (Li and Wang 2013b) and intense snowfall over the North America, Europe and East Asia in recent winters (Liu et al 2012;Na et al 2012) can be attributed to the reduced autumn Arctic SIC, either by the intensified and more persistent winter Siberian High or the increased winter blockings (Wu et al 2011;Liu et al 2012;Zhang et al 2012). But the causality of the autumn Arctic SIC reduction and the winter weather events has not been proven and clearly explained yet.…”

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Atmospheric response to the autumn sea-ice free Arctic and its detectability

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Atmospheric response to the autumn sea-ice free Arctic and its detectability

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“…, Na et al. ). For instance in the subtropical United States, upper airflows during the positive phase of the Pacific North American anomaly (PNA) coincide with 80% of the region's ecologically impactful cold spells (Downton and Miller , Sheridan ).…”

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A review of subtropical community resistance and resilience to extreme cold spells

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Abstract. Forecasted changes in global climate predict not only shifts in average conditions but also changes in the frequency and intensity of climate extremes. In the subtropics, the passage of extreme cold spells functions as a major structuring force for ecological communities, and can incur substantial losses to biodiversity, agriculture, and infrastructure. If these events persist in the future, it is likely that their effects on subtropical communities and ecosystems will become more pronounced, as tropical species migrate poleward. Recent extreme cold spells in subtropical China (2008) and United States (2010) occurred in ecosystems that are the subject of long-term ecological study, enabling key questions about cold spell affects to be addressed. In this study, we (1) discuss the meteorological drivers that resulted in these two extreme cold spells, and (2) use findings from case studies published in the Ecosphere Special Feature on effects of extreme cold spells on the dynamics of subtropical communities, and on poleward expansion of tropical species and other previously published works to identify consistencies of subtropical community resilience and resistance to extreme cold spells. In this review, we highlight three consistent findings related to this particularly type of extreme climate event: (1) cold spells drive predictable community change in the subtropics by altering ratios of coexisting tropical and temperate species; (2) certain landscape features consistently affect subtropical resistance and resilience to extreme cold spells; and (3) native tropical species are more resistant and resilient to extreme cold spells than tropical nonnative taxa. Our review should improve forecasts of the response of subtropical community dynamics in scenarios where extreme cold spells either increase or decrease in frequency and intensity.

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“…Equatorial movement of polar air is often correlated with winter shifts in upper airflow from predominantly zonal (west-east) flow to meridional (north-south) flow, via changes in ocean-atmospheric teleconnections (Sheridan 2003;Wang et al 2010;Na et al 2012). For instance, in the subtropical U.S., upper air flows during the positive phase of the Pacific North American anomaly (PNA) coincide with 80% of the region's ecologically meaningful cold spells (Downton and Miller 1993;Sheridan 2003).…”

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Investigating Sub-tropical Community Resistance and Resilience to Climate Disturbance

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Is extreme Arctic sea ice anomaly in 2007 a key contributor to severe January 2008 snowstorm in China?

Cited by 23 publications

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Atmospheric response to the autumn sea-ice free Arctic and its detectability

Atmospheric response to the autumn sea-ice free Arctic and its detectability

A review of subtropical community resistance and resilience to extreme cold spells

Investigating Sub-tropical Community Resistance and Resilience to Climate Disturbance

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