Park Wonsun

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    Multidecadal regime shifts in North Pacific subtropical mode water formation in a coupled atmosphere-ocean-sea ice model
    (American Geophysical Union, 2022-10-01) Kim, Sang‐Yeob ; Kwon, Young‐Oh ; Park, Wonsun ; Lee, Ho Jin
    A regime shift in the formation mechanisms of the North Pacific subtropical mode water (NPSTMW) and its causes were investigated using a 2,000‐year‐long pre‐industrial control simulation of a fully coupled atmosphere‐ocean‐sea ice model. The volume budget analysis revealed that the air‐sea flux and ocean dynamics (OD) were the two primary driving mechanisms for NPSTMW formation, but their relative importance has periodically alternated in multidecadal timescales of approximately 50–70 years. The regime shift of the NPSTMW formation was closely related to the meridional (50 years) and zonal (70 years) movements of the Aleutian Low (AL). When AL shifted to the south or east, it induces the sea surface height anomalies propagating westward from the central North Pacific and preconditions the NPSTMW formation, thus the OD become relatively more important.
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    Impact of poleward moisture transport from the North Pacific on the acceleration of sea ice loss in the Arctic since 2002
    (American Meteorological Society, 2017-07-26) Lee, Ho Jin ; Kwon, M. O. ; Yeh, Sang-Wook ; Kwon, Young-Oh ; Park, Wonsun ; Park, Jae Hun ; Kim, Young Ho ; Alexander, Michael A.
    Arctic sea ice area (SIA) during late summer and early fall decreased substantially over the last four decades, and its decline accelerated beginning in the early 2000s. Statistical analyses of observations show that enhanced poleward moisture transport from the North Pacific to the Arctic Ocean contributed to the accelerated SIA decrease during the most recent period. As a consequence, specific humidity in the Arctic Pacific sector significantly increased along with an increase of downward longwave radiation beginning in 2002, which led to a significant acceleration in the decline of SIA in the Arctic Pacific sector. The resulting sea ice loss led to increased evaporation in the Arctic Ocean, resulting in a further increase of the specific humidity in mid-to-late fall, thus acting as a positive feedback to the sea ice loss. The overall set of processes is also found in a long control simulation of a coupled climate model.