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Influence of winter and summer surface wind anomalies on summer Arctic sea ice extent
| Title: | Influence of winter and summer surface wind anomalies on summer Arctic sea ice extent |
| Authors: | Ogi, Masayo Browse this author | | Yamazaki, Koji Browse this author | | Wallace, John M. Browse this author |
| Issue Date: | 2-Apr-2010 |
| Publisher: | American Geophysical Union |
| Journal Title: | Geophysical Research Letters |
| Volume: | 37 |
| Start Page: | L07701 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1029/2009GL042356 |
| Abstract: | Based on a statistical analysis incorporating 925‐hPa wind fields from the NCEP/NCAR Reanalyses, it is shown that the combined effect of winter and summer wind forcing accounts for 50% of the variance of the change in September Arctic sea ice extent from one year to the next (ΔSIE) and it also explains roughly 1/3 of the downward linear trend of SIE over the past 31 years. In both seasons meridional wind anomalies to the north and east of Greenland are correlated with September SIE, presumably because they modulate the export of ice through Fram Strait. Anticyclonic wind anomalies over the Beaufort Sea during summer favor low September SIE and have contributed to the record-low values in recent summers, perhaps by enhancing the flux of ice toward Fram Strait in the trans-polar drift. |
| Rights: | Copyright 2010 by the American Geophysical Union. |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/48180 |
| Appears in Collections: | 環境科学院・地球環境科学研究院 (Graduate School of Environmental Science / Faculty of Environmental Earth Science) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 山崎 孝治
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