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Attribution of Arctic temperature change to greenhouse-gas and aerosol influences

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  • Mohammad Reza Najafi

    (Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, University House 1, University of Victoria, PO Box 1700 STN CSC)

  • Francis W. Zwiers

    (Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, University House 1, University of Victoria, PO Box 1700 STN CSC)

  • Nathan P. Gillett

    (Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Environment Canada, PO Box 1700 STN CSC)

Abstract

This study investigates the relative contributions to Arctic warming from natural and anthropogenic forcers—greenhouse gases and aerosols. About 60% of greenhouse-gas warming is found to be offset by other anthropogenic forcings, which is greater than observed on a global scale.

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  • Mohammad Reza Najafi & Francis W. Zwiers & Nathan P. Gillett, 2015. "Attribution of Arctic temperature change to greenhouse-gas and aerosol influences," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 5(3), pages 246-249, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:5:y:2015:i:3:d:10.1038_nclimate2524
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2524
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    1. Jiang, Shouzheng & Liang, Chuan & Cui, Ningbo & Zhao, Lu & Du, Taisheng & Hu, Xiaotao & Feng, Yu & Guan, Jing & Feng, Yi, 2019. "Impacts of climatic variables on reference evapotranspiration during growing season in Southwest China," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 216(C), pages 365-378.
    2. Javier Arnaut & Johanna Lidman, 2021. "Environmental Sustainability and Economic Growth in Greenland: Testing the Environmental Kuznets Curve," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-13, January.
    3. Johanna Engström & Peyman Abbaszadeh & David Keellings & Proloy Deb & Hamid Moradkhani, 2022. "Wildfires in the Arctic and tropical biomes: what is the relative role of climate?," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 114(2), pages 1901-1914, November.
    4. Mohammad Reza Najafi & Francis W. Zwiers & Nathan P. Gillett, 2016. "Attribution of the spring snow cover extent decline in the Northern Hemisphere, Eurasia and North America to anthropogenic influence," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 136(3), pages 571-586, June.

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