Abstract
Global warming may result in increased polar amplification, but future temperature changes under different climate change scenarios have not been systematically investigated over Antarctica. An index of Antarctic amplification (AnA) is defined, and the annual and seasonal variations of Antarctic mean temperature are examined from projections of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) under scenarios SSP119, SSP126, SSP245, SSP370 and SSP585. AnA occurs under all scenarios, and is strongest in the austral summer and autumn, with an AnA index greater than 1.40. Although the warming over Antarctica accelerates with increased anthropogenic forcing, the magnitude of AnA is greatest in SSP126 instead of in SSP585, which may be affected by strong ocean heat uptake in high forcing scenario. Moreover, future AnA shows seasonal difference and regional difference. AnA is most conspicuous in the East Antarctic sector, with the amplification occurring under all scenarios and in all seasons, especially in austral summer when the AnA index is greater than 1.50, and the weakest signal appears in austral winter. Differently, the AnA over West Antarctica is strongest in austral autumn. Under SSP585, the temperature increase over the Antarctic Peninsula exceeds 0.5°C when the global average warming increases from 1.5°C to 2.0°C above pre-industrial levels, except in the austral summer, and the AnA index in this region is strong in the austral autumn and winter. The projections suggest that the warming rate under different scenarios might make a large difference to the future AnA.
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Our sincere appreciation firstly goes to Professor Ian Allison in Australia for his four times revisions to improve the whole manuscript in English language and paper structure, and in some scientific analysis. This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 42276260, 41671073) and the 2021 technical support talent project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Reviewers are highly appreciated for their professional comments and suggestions which have greatly helped improve the quality of manuscript.
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Zhu, Jp., Xie, Ah., Qin, X. et al. Assessment of future Antarctic amplification of surface temperature change under different Scenarios from CMIP6. J. Mt. Sci. 20, 1074–1089 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-022-7646-5
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