Two wind-driven modes of winter sea ice variability in the Barents Sea

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: Christophe Herbaut, Marie-Noëlle Houssais, Sally Close, Anne-Cécile Blaizot
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Sea ice; Barents Sea; Atlantic Water; Interannual variability; Franz Josef Land; Svalbard
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2015.10.005

The interannual variability of the winter sea ice area in the Barents Sea is investigated using SMMR-SSM/I data and a coupled ocean–sea ice model over the period 1979–2012. Our analysis reveals that the sea ice area in the northern and eastern parts of the Barents Sea do not covary. This contrast in...