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Jin et al. 2025

Jin, Z., Y. Zhang, and M. Ottaviani, 2025: Quantifying cloud and sea ice impacts on solar radiation absorption over the Arctic Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 52, no. 18, e2025GL117652, doi:10.1029/2025GL117652.

A set of dedicated radiative kernels are generated to quantify the individual contributions of sea ice and clouds on the interannual variation of absorbed solar radiation (ASR) observed over the Arctic ocean. From spring to early summer, changes in ASR are associated more with sea ice than with the clouds. Conversely, the cloud contribution explains more of the ASR anomaly after June. Overall, variations in cloud cover and sea ice extent can explain 50%-93% of the ASR variability in each sunlit month. Both the sea-ice- and cloud-associated ASR variations are positively correlated with the observed ASR anomaly, but their trends are opposite. The positive ASR trend revealed by the kernel decomposition, largely caused by the observed decrease in sea ice extent, is dampened by clouds, particularly in June. Annually, clouds counteract 55% of the ASR trend induced by Arctic sea ice loss.

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@article{ji00400o,
  author={Jin, Z. and Zhang, Y. and Ottaviani, M.},
  title={Quantifying cloud and sea ice impacts on solar radiation absorption over the Arctic Ocean},
  year={2025},
  journal={Geophysical Research Letters},
  volume={52},
  number={18},
  pages={e2025GL117652},
  doi={10.1029/2025GL117652},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - ji00400o
AU  - Jin, Z.
AU  - Zhang, Y.
AU  - Ottaviani, M.
PY  - 2025
TI  - Quantifying cloud and sea ice impacts on solar radiation absorption over the Arctic Ocean
JA  - Geophys. Res. Lett.
JO  - Geophysical Research Letters
VL  - 52
IS  - 18
SP  - e2025GL117652
DO  - 10.1029/2025GL117652
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