Evolution of Antarctic Sea Ice Ahead of the Record Low Annual Maximum Extent in September 2023
The 2023 Antarctic sea ice extent (SIE) maximum on 7 September was the lowest annual maximum in the satellite era (16.98 × 106 km2), with the largest contributions to the anomaly coming from the Ross (37.7%, −0.57 × 106 km2) and Weddell (32.9%, −0.49 × 106 km2) Seas. The SIE was low due to anomalous...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:537188 2024-04-28T07:57:28+00:00 Evolution of Antarctic Sea Ice Ahead of the Record Low Annual Maximum Extent in September 2023 Jena, Babula Kshitija, S. Bajish, C.C. Turner, John Holmes, Caroline Wilkinson, Jeremy Mohan, Rahul Thamban, M. 2024-04-16 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/537188/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/537188/1/Geophysical%20Research%20Letters%20-%202024%20-%20Jena%20-%20Evolution%20of%20Antarctic%20Sea%20Ice%20Ahead%20of%20the%20Record%20Low%20Annual%20Maximum%20Extent.pdf https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL107561 en eng American Geophysical Union https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/537188/1/Geophysical%20Research%20Letters%20-%202024%20-%20Jena%20-%20Evolution%20of%20Antarctic%20Sea%20Ice%20Ahead%20of%20the%20Record%20Low%20Annual%20Maximum%20Extent.pdf Jena, Babula; Kshitija, S.; Bajish, C.C.; Turner, John orcid:0000-0002-6111-5122 Holmes, Caroline orcid:0000-0002-3134-555X Wilkinson, Jeremy; Mohan, Rahul; Thamban, M. 2024 Evolution of Antarctic Sea Ice Ahead of the Record Low Annual Maximum Extent in September 2023. Geophysical Research Letters, 51 (7), e2023GL107561. 10, pp. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL107561 <https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL107561> cc_by_4 Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2024 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL107561 2024-04-03T14:06:52Z The 2023 Antarctic sea ice extent (SIE) maximum on 7 September was the lowest annual maximum in the satellite era (16.98 × 106 km2), with the largest contributions to the anomaly coming from the Ross (37.7%, −0.57 × 106 km2) and Weddell (32.9%, −0.49 × 106 km2) Seas. The SIE was low due to anomalously warm (>0.3°C) upper-ocean temperatures combined with anomalously strong northerly winds impeding the ice advance during the fall and winter. Northerly winds of >12 ms−1 in the Weddell Sea occurred because of negative pressure anomalies over the Antarctic Peninsula, while those in the Ross Sea were associated with extreme blocking episodes off the Ross Ice Shelf. The Ross Sea experienced an unprecedented SIE decrease of −1.08 × 103 km2 d−1 from 1 June till the annual maximum. The passage of quasi-stationary and explosive polar cyclones contributed to periods of southward ice-edge shift in both sectors. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Ice Shelf Ross Ice Shelf Ross Sea Sea ice Weddell Sea Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Geophysical Research Letters 51 7 |
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The 2023 Antarctic sea ice extent (SIE) maximum on 7 September was the lowest annual maximum in the satellite era (16.98 × 106 km2), with the largest contributions to the anomaly coming from the Ross (37.7%, −0.57 × 106 km2) and Weddell (32.9%, −0.49 × 106 km2) Seas. The SIE was low due to anomalously warm (>0.3°C) upper-ocean temperatures combined with anomalously strong northerly winds impeding the ice advance during the fall and winter. Northerly winds of >12 ms−1 in the Weddell Sea occurred because of negative pressure anomalies over the Antarctic Peninsula, while those in the Ross Sea were associated with extreme blocking episodes off the Ross Ice Shelf. The Ross Sea experienced an unprecedented SIE decrease of −1.08 × 103 km2 d−1 from 1 June till the annual maximum. The passage of quasi-stationary and explosive polar cyclones contributed to periods of southward ice-edge shift in both sectors. |
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Jena, Babula Kshitija, S. Bajish, C.C. Turner, John Holmes, Caroline Wilkinson, Jeremy Mohan, Rahul Thamban, M. Evolution of Antarctic Sea Ice Ahead of the Record Low Annual Maximum Extent in September 2023 |
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Evolution of Antarctic Sea Ice Ahead of the Record Low Annual Maximum Extent in September 2023 |
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Evolution of Antarctic Sea Ice Ahead of the Record Low Annual Maximum Extent in September 2023 |
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Evolution of Antarctic Sea Ice Ahead of the Record Low Annual Maximum Extent in September 2023 |
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Evolution of Antarctic Sea Ice Ahead of the Record Low Annual Maximum Extent in September 2023 |
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Evolution of Antarctic Sea Ice Ahead of the Record Low Annual Maximum Extent in September 2023 |
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evolution of antarctic sea ice ahead of the record low annual maximum extent in september 2023 |
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http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/537188/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/537188/1/Geophysical%20Research%20Letters%20-%202024%20-%20Jena%20-%20Evolution%20of%20Antarctic%20Sea%20Ice%20Ahead%20of%20the%20Record%20Low%20Annual%20Maximum%20Extent.pdf https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL107561 |
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