Sea Ice [in Arctic Report Card 2013]

Highlights The September 2013 Arctic sea ice minimum extent was 5.10 million km2. This was 1.69 million km2 greater than the record minimum set in 2012, but was still the sixth smallest ice extent of the satellite record (1979-2013). The amount of first year sea ice continues to increase, accounting...

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Main Authors: Perovich, D. K., Gerland, Sebastian, Hendricks, Stefan, Meier, Walt, Nicolaus, Marcel, Richter-Menge, J. A., Tschudi, M.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: NOAA Office of Oceanic & Atmospheric Research 2013
Subjects:
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Sea ice
Online Access:https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/34567/
https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/34567/1/ArcticReportCard_full_report.pdf
http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard
https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.42782
https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.42782.d001
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Summary:Highlights The September 2013 Arctic sea ice minimum extent was 5.10 million km2. This was 1.69 million km2 greater than the record minimum set in 2012, but was still the sixth smallest ice extent of the satellite record (1979-2013). The amount of first year sea ice continues to increase, accounting for 78% of the ice cover in March 2013. A satellite-derived, Arctic Ocean-wide decrease in sea ice freeboard, from 0.23 m in March 2011 to 0.19 m in March 2013, implies a 0.32 m decrease in ice thickness, from 2.26 m to 1.94 m.

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