[Antarctica] Sea ice extent, concentration, and seasonality [in “State of the Climate in 2016”]

• 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: unknown
• Published: Amer Meteorological Soc 2017
• Subjects: sea ice concentration; extent and seasonality; Simmonds; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/44723/; https://doi.org/10.1175/2017BAMSStateoftheClimate.1

Both net sea ice extent (SIE) and area (SIA) were close to the 1981–2010 average for January through August 2016, after which there was a dramatic departure from the mean through to the end of the year (Fig. 6.8a). Maximum net SIE peaked on 31 August (18.44 × 106 km2); this was close to the long-ter...