Sentences with phrase «cyclonic storm events»
The roughly factor of two increase in speed shown is partly due to decreases in ice thickness and strength, but it is safe to predict that if cyclonic storm events like this one ending 2015 continue penetrating the eastern Arctic Ocean, they will increase ice export and reduce summer 2016 ice extent.
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The study concludes that the growth of the Mauna Kea glacier caused by the AMOC current changes was a result of both colder conditions and a huge increase of precipitation on Mauna Kea — triple that of the present — that scientists believe may have been caused by more frequent cyclonic storm events hitting the Hawaiian Islands from the north.
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The projection of low atmospheric pressure associated with this storm event promotes a high Arctic Oscillation Index and forces a counterclockwise (cyclonic) wind pattern that accelerates the Transpolar Drift of sea ice across the Basin and out Fram Strait.