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Arctic Heats Up.
Spitsbergen 1919 to 1939

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How Spitsbergen Heats the World
The Arctic Warming 1919-1939
ISBN: 978-1-4401-4087-7 ISBN 978-3-8370-9524-1
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Contents
Chapter 1 REVIEWING THE PAST TO UNDERSTAND THE FUTURE -AN INTRODUCTION
A. ARCTIC WARMING - WHAT WARMING?
B. THE ARCTIC IS SCREAMING?
C. TIPPING POINT, CLIMATIC REVOLUTION, APOCALYPSE NOW
Chapter 2 THE ARCTIC IN CLIMATOLOGY
A. THE GENERAL PICTURE
a) Remote but influential
b) A climate revolution in the Arctic?
B. A CLIMATIC REVOLUTION AT SPITSBERGEN AND THE FIRST ASSESSMENTS
C. THE EARLY ARCTIC WARMING AND MODERN ASSESSMENTS
D. WHAT IS UP FOR DISCUSSION?
a) The objective of this investigation
b) WHERE?
c) WHEN?
d) WHY?
E. EXPECTED RESULTS
Chapter 3 SPITSBERGEN TEMPERATURE ROCKETING
A. FACTUAL ASPECTS
a) A rocket rise
b) Scope of data and other investigation sources
c) Which data used are promising
B. THE HEATING UP OF SPITSBERGEN
a) A sudden shift
b) Spitsbergen in comments between 1930 and 1982
c) How does modern science talk about Spitsbergen event?
C. WHAT TO MAKE OUT OF THE BIG RISE?
Chapter 4 REGIONAL IMPACT OF THE SPITSBERGEN WARMING
A. INTRODUCTION TO WHEN & WHERE
B. THE REGIONAL FEATURE WITH FOUR SEA WATER BODIES
a) Arctic Ocean
b) Greenland Sea
c) Norwegian Sea
d) Barents Sea
C. SUMMARY
Chapter 5 THE WARMING EVENT IN DETAILS
A. EXCEPTIONAL TEMPERATURES RISE
B. DISTANT WARMING
C. IS OCEAN WARMING ASCERTAINABLE?
D. THE INFLUENTIAL REGIONS
a) Arctic Ocean
b) Greenland
c) Sub-polar North Atlantic
d) Barents Sea
e) Europe
E. SPITSBERGEN AS A HEATING SPOT
F. SUMMARY
Chapter 6 HOW IS THE AGITATION IN THE ARCTIC EXPLAINED?
A. CAN A 'CLIMATIC REVOLUTION' BE ANALYSED?
a) Are the IPCC Reports of any help?
b) Is 'Chaos' a hindrance?
c) The Arctic, Al Gore and better understanding
d) Any analysis is to be based on ocean impact
B. RECENT FINDINGS IN ARCTIC RESEARCH
C. THE ISSUES DEBATED BY ARCTIC SCIENCE
a) The ignorance of older research
b) About the suddenness of the early event
c) Circulation variations - Brooks Question 1938
d) The non sensual use of "natural variability"
D. SUMMARY
Chapter 7 WHERE DID THE EARLY ARCTIC WARMING ORIGINATE?
A. SUGGESTED FORCING MECHANISM
a) An introduction with a lecture given in 1935
b) Slow change in ocean circulation - Oceans interaction
c) The wind induced Arctic warming
d) Any other suggestions?
B. WARM ATLANTIC WATER OF SPITSBERGEN
Chapter 8 CAUSED NAVAL WAR THE ARCTIC WARMING?
A. WHICH ARE THE POTENTIAL FORCES AVAILABLE?
B. NAVAL WAR, A FORCE TO RECON
C. FORCING POTENTIAL OF NAVAL WAR DURING WWI
D. THE CONNECTION BETWEEN NAVAL WAR AND THE ARCTIC WARMING
E. THE SYSTEM SHIFT
F. SUMMING UP
Chapter 9 CONCLUSION

 

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Annex B I - Colored Sea Ice 1910-1919
Annex F - Air Temp.(Jan - Feb) 1912-1930; North Atlantic Region.
Annex G - Annual Mean Temperatures from app. 1880-1947 in the Northern Atlantic Region.