Seasonal sea ice changes in the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica, over the period of 1979–2014

• Published in: Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
• Main Authors: S. E. Stammerjohn, T. Maksym, R. A. Massom, K. E. Lowry, K. R. Arrigo, X. Yuan, M. Raphael, E. Randall-Goodwin, R. M. Sherrell, P. L. Yager
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioOne 2015
• Subjects: Sea ice; Antarctica; atmosphere-ocean-ice interactions; geo; envir; Amundsen Sea; Thwaites Iceberg Tongue; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.12952/journal.elementa.000055; https://doaj.org/article/aed0486345c84d3da5da6328e3bc8f7c

Abstract Recent attention has focused on accelerated glacial losses along the Amundsen Sea coast that result from changes in atmosphere and ocean circulation, with sea ice playing a mediating but not well-understood role. Here, we investigated how sea ice has changed in the Amundsen Sea over the per...