Consistency and discrepancy in the atmospheric response to Arctic sea-ice loss across climate models

JA Screen, C Deser, DM Smith, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The decline of Arctic sea ice is an integral part of anthropogenic climate change. Sea-ice
loss is already having a significant impact on Arctic communities and ecosystems. Its role as …

A signal-to-noise paradox in climate science

AA Scaife, D Smith - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2018 - nature.com
We review the growing evidence for a widespread inconsistency between the low strength of
predictable signals in climate models and the relatively high level of agreement they exhibit …

Future global climate: scenario-based projections and near-term information

JY Lee, J Marotzke, G Bala, L Cao, S Corti… - Climate change 2021 …, 2021 - cambridge.org
This chapter assesses simulations of future global climate change, spanning time horizons
from the near term (2021–2040), mid-term (2041–2060), and long term (2081–2100) out to …

Robust but weak winter atmospheric circulation response to future Arctic sea ice loss

DM Smith, R Eade, MB Andrews, H Ayres… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The possibility that Arctic sea ice loss weakens mid-latitude westerlies, promoting more
severe cold winters, has sparked more than a decade of scientific debate, with apparent …

North Atlantic climate far more predictable than models imply

DM Smith, AA Scaife, R Eade, P Athanasiadis… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Quantifying signals and uncertainties in climate models is essential for the detection,
attribution, prediction and projection of climate change,–. Although inter-model agreement is …

The Met Office global coupled model 3.0 and 3.1 (GC3. 0 and GC3. 1) configurations

KD Williams, D Copsey, EW Blockley… - Journal of Advances …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Global Coupled 3 (GC3) configuration of the Met Office Unified Model is
presented. Among other applications, GC3 is the basis of the United Kingdom's submission …

A reconciled estimate of the influence of Arctic sea-ice loss on recent Eurasian cooling

M Mori, Y Kosaka, M Watanabe, H Nakamura… - Nature Climate …, 2019 - nature.com
Northern midlatitudes, over central Eurasia in particular, have experienced frequent severe
winters in recent decades,–. A remote influence of Arctic sea-ice loss has been …

Nonlinear response of mid-latitude weather to the changing Arctic

JE Overland, K Dethloff, JA Francis, RJ Hall… - Nature Climate …, 2016 - nature.com
Are continuing changes in the Arctic influencing wind patterns and the occurrence of
extreme weather events in northern mid-latitudes? The chaotic nature of atmospheric …

The role of the stratosphere in subseasonal to seasonal prediction: 2. Predictability arising from stratosphere‐troposphere coupling

DIV Domeisen, AH Butler… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The stratosphere can have a significant impact on winter surface weather on subseasonal to
seasonal (S2S) timescales. This study evaluates the ability of current operational S2S …

The decadal climate prediction project (DCPP) contribution to CMIP6

GJ Boer, DM Smith, C Cassou… - Geoscientific Model …, 2016 - gmd.copernicus.org
The Decadal Climate Prediction Project (DCPP) is a coordinated multi-model investigation
into decadal climate prediction, predictability, and variability. The DCPP makes use of past …