Recent Year-to-year Variations in Seasonal Temperatures and Sea Ice Conditions in the Eastern Canadian Arctic

Mean summer and winter temperatures for the 1957-1978 period have been analyzed for four eastern Arctic stations. Standard deviations on the order of 3° C in winter and 10° C in summer indicate the magnitude of the interannual variations, and these departures are found to be synchronous over the reg...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:ARCTIC
Main Authors: Jacobs, John D., Newell, John P.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1979
Subjects:
Atmospheric temperature
Climate change
Effects of climate on ice
Sea ice
Seasonal variations
Spatial distribution
Temporal variations
Baffin Bay-Davis Strait
Baffin Island waters
Nunavut
Canadian Arctic Islands
Canadian Arctic Islands waters
Arctic
Baffin Bay
Baffin Island
Baffin
Davis Strait
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65684
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Summary:Mean summer and winter temperatures for the 1957-1978 period have been analyzed for four eastern Arctic stations. Standard deviations on the order of 3° C in winter and 10° C in summer indicate the magnitude of the interannual variations, and these departures are found to be synchronous over the region. Several indices of sea ice severity also show significant year-to-year variations, but these are not spatially coherent. Relationships between climatic parameters and sea ice are examined in order to explain these differences.

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