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Recently amplified Arctic warming has contributed to a continual global warming trend
Huang, J.; Zhang, X.; Zhang, Q.; Lin, Y.; Hao, M.; Luo, Y.; Zhao, Z.; Yao, Y.; Chen, X.; Wang, L.; Nie, S.; Yin, Y.; Xu, Y.; Zhang, J. (2017). Recently amplified Arctic warming has contributed to a continual global warming trend. Nat. Clim. Chang. 7(12): 875-879. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-017-0009-5
In: Nature Climate Change. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 1758-678X; e-ISSN 1758-6798, more
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  • Huang, J.
  • Zhang, X.
  • Zhang, Q.
  • Lin, Y.
  • Hao, M.
  • Luo, Y.
  • Zhao, Z.
  • Yao, Y.
  • Chen, X.
  • Wang, L.
  • Nie, S.
  • Yin, Y.
  • Xu, Y.
  • Zhang, J.

Abstract
    The existence and magnitude of the recently suggested global warming hiatus, or slowdown, have been strongly debated. Although various physical processes have been examined to elucidate this phenomenon, the accuracy and completeness of observational data that comprise global average surface air temperature (SAT) datasets is a concern. In particular, these datasets lack either complete geographic coverage or in situ observations over the Arctic, owing to the sparse observational network in this area. As a consequence, the contribution of Arctic warming to global SAT changes may have been underestimated, leading to an uncertainty in the hiatus debate. Here, we constructed a new Arctic SAT dataset using the most recently updated global SATs and a drifting buoys based Arctic SAT dataset11 through employing the ‘data interpolating empirical orthogonal functions’ method. Our estimate of global SAT rate of increase is around 0.112 °C per decade, instead of 0.05 °C per decade from IPCC AR51, for 1998–2012. Analysis of this dataset shows that the amplified Arctic warming over the past decade has significantly contributed to a continual global warming trend, rather than a hiatus or slowdown.

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