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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-411-2017
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Research article
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21 Apr 2017
Research article |
| 21 Apr 2017
Influence of North Pacific decadal variability on the western Canadian Arctic over the past 700 years
François Lapointe
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centre – Eau Terre Environnement, Institut National de la Recherche
Scientifique Université du Québec, Québec, G1K 9A9, Canada
GEOTOP Research Centre, Montréal (Qc), H3C 3P8, Canada
Pierre Francus
Centre – Eau Terre Environnement, Institut National de la Recherche
Scientifique Université du Québec, Québec, G1K 9A9, Canada
GEOTOP Research Centre, Montréal (Qc), H3C 3P8, Canada
Scott F. Lamoureux
Department of Geography and Planning, Queen's University, Kingston, ON
K7L 3N6, Canada
Mathias Vuille
Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at
Albany, Albany, New York 12222, USA
Jean-Philippe Jenny
Centre – Eau Terre Environnement, Institut National de la Recherche
Scientifique Université du Québec, Québec, G1K 9A9, Canada
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, 10, 07745 Jena, Germany
Raymond S. Bradley
Northeast Climate Science Center, and Climate System Research Center,
Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 01003,
USA
Charly Massa
Department of Geography, University of Hawai`i at Mānoa, Honolulu,
HI 96822, USA
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Short summary
Using a unique annually-laminated record (varve) from the western Canadian High Arctic, we found a significant relationship between our varve record and instrumental and reconstructed Pacific Decadal Oscillations (PDOs). The negative (positive) PDO (North Pacific Index) phases increase precipitation as low sea-ice extent, warmer temperature and winds reach our region more efficiently. Our results imply that future negative PDO phases will likely impact the already rapidly warming Arctic.
Using a unique annually-laminated record (varve) from the western Canadian High Arctic, we found...
