An ocean-sea ice model study of the unprecedented Antarctic sea ice minimum in 2016

Overall Antarctic sea ice extent in the 2016 spring attained a record minimum for the satellite period (1979–2016), presenting an abrupt departure from the record maxima in previous years and the slight upward trend since 1979. In 2016 the atmospheric conditions over the Southern Ocean changed drama...

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Main Authors: Kazuya Kusahara, Phillip Reid, Guy D Williams, Robert Massom, Hiroyasu Hasumi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aad624