Arctic Warming Phenomena
90 Years Ago
Arnd Bernaerts; dr.arnd@gmail.com

Due to higher winter temperatures there had been a significant warming in the Arctic from 1919 to about 1940.
 

1919 Spitsbergen:
Probably the greatest  yet known temperature rise
on earth.
B.J. Birkeland, 1930

1938
In recent years
 attention is being directed more
 and more towards a problem  which  may possibly prove of great significance  in human affairs, the rise of temperatures
 in the northern hemisphere, and especially in  the arctic regions. 

C.E.P. Brooks, 1938.		 Minimum summer sea ice
Sea ice in April 1919


The West- Spitsbergen Current is a key aspect

 A further important aspect is the suddenness and magnitude of the event at the time it commenced in winter 1918/19.
Warm water current
Winter/Summer Difference

1920-1930 Winter Deviation

 1933- 1935 Winter Deviation
1920-1930 Winter Deviation
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p.116
Fig: 100 (b/w)

ISBN
97814401-4087-7
     
 
 

Poster No. GC 51A-0738 at: AGU - American Geographical Union - Fall-Meeting-2009 – San Francisco, 14 to 18 December 2009
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