[Antarctica and Southern Ocean] Sea ice extent, concentration, and seasonality [in 'State of the Climate in 2018']

Antarctic sea ice plays a pivotal role in the global climate system. Forming a highly-dynamic reflective and insulative blanket that varies seasonally from ~3 to ~20 106 km 2 , sea ice and its snow cover strongly modify oceanatmosphere fluxes and interaction processes (Bourassa et al. 2013).

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Main Authors: Reid, P, Stammerjohn, S, Massom, RA, Barreira, S, Scambos, T, Lieser, JL
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Amer Meteorological Soc 2019
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Online Access:https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/publications/bulletin-of-the-american-meteorological-society-bams/state-of-the-climate/
https://doi.org/10.1175/2019BAMSStateoftheClimate.1
http://ecite.utas.edu.au/134493
Description
Summary:Antarctic sea ice plays a pivotal role in the global climate system. Forming a highly-dynamic reflective and insulative blanket that varies seasonally from ~3 to ~20 106 km 2 , sea ice and its snow cover strongly modify oceanatmosphere fluxes and interaction processes (Bourassa et al. 2013).