Arctic Ocean Warming Contributes to Reduced Polar Ice Cap

• Main Authors: Polyakov, IV, Timokhov, LA, Alexeev, VA, Bacon, S, Dmitrenko, IA, Fortier, L, Frolov, IE, Gascard, JC, Hansen, E, Ivanov, VV, Laxon, S, Mauritzen, C, Perovich, D, Shimada, K, Simmons, HL, Sokolov, VT, Steele, M, Toolen, J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC 2010
• Subjects: SEA-ICE; ATLANTIC WATER; TURBULENT DISSIPATION; KASHEVAROV BANK; DIURNAL TIDES; HEAT FLUXES; OKHOTSK SEA; VARIABILITY; HALOCLINE; THERMOCLINE; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Kashevarov Bank; Okhotsk; Ice cap; okhotsk sea; Polar Ice Cap; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/154956/

Analysis of modern and historical observations demonstrates that the temperature of the intermediate-depth (150-900 m) Atlantic water (AW) of the Arctic Ocean has increased in recent decades. The AW warming has been uneven in time; a local similar to 1 degrees C maximum was observed in the mid-1990s...