Observed Antarctic sea ice expansion reproduced in a climate model after correcting biases in sea ice drift velocity

Climate models typically fail to capture the observed Antarctic sea ice expansion during recent decades. Here, the authors show that the observed expansion is reproduced in a climate model after removing biases in the sea ice drift velocity.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Shantong Sun, Ian Eisenman
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21412-z
https://doaj.org/article/897a74d1cac74cbb9003fba40b35cd75
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Summary:Climate models typically fail to capture the observed Antarctic sea ice expansion during recent decades. Here, the authors show that the observed expansion is reproduced in a climate model after removing biases in the sea ice drift velocity.