Effect of retreating sea ice on Arctic cloud cover in simulated recent global warming

Abe, Manabu; Nozawa, Toru; Ogura, Tomoo; Takata, Kumiko

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14343-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 22

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14343-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14343-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 22

Research article

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18 Nov 2016

Research article |

| 18 Nov 2016

Effect of retreating sea ice on Arctic cloud cover in simulated recent global warming

Manabu Abe, Toru Nozawa, Tomoo Ogura, and Kumiko Takata

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Final revised paper (published on 18 Nov 2016)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of Abe et al., version 2', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Jul 2016
- AC1: 'response to referee 1 comments', Manabu ABE, 13 Oct 2016
RC2: 'Review of acp-2016-464', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Jul 2016
- AC2: 'response to referee 2 comments', Manabu ABE, 13 Oct 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Manabu Abe on behalf of the Authors (13 Oct 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (28 Oct 2016) by Johannes Quaas

Short summary

This study has investigated the effect of retreating sea ice on Arctic cloud cover in historical simulations by the coupled atmosphere–ocean general circulation model, MIROC5. This study show that MIROC5 simulates retreating Arctic sea ice in September during the late 20th Century, which causes an increase in Arctic cloud cover in October. Sensitivity experiments using the atmospheric component of MIROC5 also proved that the increase in Arctic cloud cover is due to the retreating sea ice.