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The role of summer surface wind anomalies in the summer Arctic sea ice extent in 2010 and 2011
Article first published online: 2 MAY 2012
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051330
Copyright 2012 by the American Geophysical Union
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How to Cite
, and (2012), The role of summer surface wind anomalies in the summer Arctic sea ice extent in 2010 and 2011, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L09704, doi:10.1029/2012GL051330.
Publication History
- Issue published online: 2 MAY 2012
- Article first published online: 2 MAY 2012
- Manuscript Accepted: 4 APR 2012
- Manuscript Revised: 19 MAR 2012
- Manuscript Received: 12 FEB 2012
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Keywords:
- Arctic sea ice extent;
- summer in 2010 and 2011;
- summer wind anomalies
[1] Strong summertime anticyclonic wind anomalies over the Arctic Ocean, with anomalous flow toward the Fram Strait, during summer months of 2007 contributed to the record-low the Arctic sea-ice extent observed in September of that year. Had the summer winds over the Arctic during the summers of 2010 and 2011 been the same as those in 2007, September sea ice extent would have reached new record lows in those years as well. By regulating the flow of ice toward and through the Fram Strait, variations in low-level winds over the Arctic have contributed to the month-to-month, year-to-year, and decade-to-decade variability of sea ice extent.