Sea ice extent, concentration, and seasonality [in “State of the Climate in 2017”]

• Published in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
• Main Authors: Reid, P, Stammerjohn, S, Massom, RA, Lieser, JL, Barreira, S, Scambos, T
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Amer Meteorological Soc 2018
• Subjects: State of the Climate 2017; sea ice; extent; concentration; seasonality; Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/41486/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/41486/2/State%20of%20the%20Climate%202017%20front%20matter%20in%20BAMS.pdf; https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/bams/2017

Antarctic sea ice performs important roles in the climate system through the formation of dense oxygen rich Antarctic Bottom Water (Johnson 2008) and modulating fluxes across the ocean/atmosphere interface within the high southern latitudes (Bourassa et al. 2013). It also acts as a buffer for ice shelves against ocean processes (Williams and Squire 2007; Massom et al. 2018).