Springtime winds drive Ross Sea ice variability and change in the following autumn

Antarctic sea ice extent continues to increase, with autumn sea ice advances in the western Ross Sea particularly anomalous. Here, based on analysis of independent datasets, the authors show that springtime zonal winds in the high latitude South Pacific drive western Ross Sea autumn sea ice conditio...

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Main Authors: Marika M. Holland, Laura Landrum, Marilyn Raphael, Sharon Stammerjohn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00820-0