Abstract: AbstractAlaska experienced record-setting warmth during the 2015/16 cold season (October?April). Statewide average temperatures exceeded the period-of-record mean by more than 4°C over the 7-month cold season and by more ...

Abstract: laska is experiencing effects of global climate change that are due, in large part, to the positive feedback mechanisms associated with polar amplification. The major risk factors include loss of sea ice and glaciers, ...

Abstract: AbstractClimate change is expected to alter the frequencies and intensities of at least some types of extreme events. Although Alaska is already experiencing an amplified response to climate change, studies of extreme event ...

Abstract: y extending the record of Alaskan divisional temperature and precipitation back in time, regional variations and trends of temperature and precipitation over 1920?2012 are documented. The use of the divisional framework ...

Abstract: he European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts interim reanalysis (ERA-Interim) has been downscaled using a regional model covering Alaska at 20-km spatial and hourly temporal resolution for 1979?2013. Stakeholders ...

Abstract: Frozen rivers in the Arctic serve as critical highways because of the lack of roads; therefore, it is important to understand the key mechanisms that control the timing of river ice breakup. The relationships between ...

Abstract: AbstractThe ice formed by cold-season rainfall or rain on snow (ROS) has striking impacts on the economy and ecology of Alaska. An understanding of the atmospheric drivers of ROS events is required to better predict them ...