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- Summary: Polar amplification – the phenomenon that external radiative forcing produces a larger change in surface temperature at high latitudes than the global average – is a key aspect of anthropogenic climate change, but its causes and consequences are not fully understood. The Polar Amplification Model Intercomparison Project (PAMIP) seeks to improve our understanding of this phenomenon through a coordinated set of numerical model experiments. The primary questions addressed are: 1. What are the relative roles of local sea ice and remote sea surface temperature changes in driving polar amplification? 2. How does the global climate system respond to changes in Arctic and Antarctic sea ice?
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- Reference: Smith, D. M., J. A. Screen, C. Deser, J. Cohen, J. C. Fyfe, J. García-Serrano, T. Jung, V. Kattsov, D. Matei, R. Msadek, Y. Peings, M. Sigmond, J. Ukita, J.-H. Yoon and X. Zhang, The Polar Amplification Model Intercomparison Project (PAMIP) contribution to CMIP6: investigating the causes and consequences of polar amplification, Geosci. Model Dev. Discuss., 12, 1139–1164, 2019 https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-1139-2019.