Untangling the influence of Antarctic and Southern Ocean life on clouds
2023
Mallet, Marc | Humphries, Ruhi | Fiddes, Sonya | Alexander, Simon | Altieri, Katye | Angot, Hélène | Anilkumar, N. | Bartels-Rausch, Thorsten | Creamean, Jessie | Dall’osto, Manuel | Dommergue, Aurélien | Frey, Markus | Henning, Silvia | Lannuzel, Delphine | Lapere, Rémy | Mace, Gerald | Mahajan, Anoop | Mcfarquhar, Greg | Meiners, Klaus | Miljevic, Branka | Peeken, Ilka | Protat, Alain | Schmale, Julia | Steiner, Nadja | Sellegri, Karine | Simó, Rafel | Thomas, Jennie | Willis, Megan | Winton, V. Holly L. | Woodhouse, Matthew | Extreme Environments Research Laboratory (EERL) ; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) | Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (IGE) ; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (Fédération OSUG)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP) ; Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
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显示更多 [+] 显示较少 [-]英语. Polar environments are among the fastest changing regions on the planet. It is a crucial time to make significant improvements in our understanding of how ocean and ice biogeochemical processes are linked with the atmosphere. This is especially true over Antarctica and the Southern Ocean where observations are severely limited and the environment is far from anthropogenic influences. In this commentary, we outline major gaps in our knowledge, emerging research priorities, and upcoming opportunities and needs. We then give an overview of the large-scale measurement campaigns planned across Antarctica and the Southern Ocean in the next 5 years that will address the key issues. Until we do this, climate models will likely continue to exhibit biases in the simulated energy balance over this delicate region. Addressing these issues will require an international and interdisciplinary approach which we hope to foster and facilitate with ongoing community activities and collaborations.
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