Sustained ocean changes contributed to sudden Antarctic sea ice retreat in late 2016
In late 2016, there was a sudden and subsequently sustained decrease of Antarctic sea ice extent. Analyses of observations and a model simulation trace the causes to teleconnections from the tropics on the interannual timescale combined with decadal-timescale warming in the upper Southern Ocean.
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| author | Gerald A. Meehl Julie M. Arblaster Christine T. Y. Chung Marika M. Holland Alice DuVivier LuAnne Thompson Dongxia Yang Cecilia M. Bitz |
| author_facet | Gerald A. Meehl Julie M. Arblaster Christine T. Y. Chung Marika M. Holland Alice DuVivier LuAnne Thompson Dongxia Yang Cecilia M. Bitz |
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| description | In late 2016, there was a sudden and subsequently sustained decrease of Antarctic sea ice extent. Analyses of observations and a model simulation trace the causes to teleconnections from the tropics on the interannual timescale combined with decadal-timescale warming in the upper Southern Ocean. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e850d8e888cc48c09f0db36c67bcdf422022-12-21T18:00:33ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232019-01-011011910.1038/s41467-018-07865-9Sustained ocean changes contributed to sudden Antarctic sea ice retreat in late 2016Gerald A. Meehl0Julie M. Arblaster1Christine T. Y. Chung2Marika M. Holland3Alice DuVivier4LuAnne Thompson5Dongxia Yang6Cecilia M. Bitz7National Center for Atmospheric ResearchNational Center for Atmospheric ResearchBureau of MeteorologyNational Center for Atmospheric ResearchNational Center for Atmospheric ResearchUniversity of WashingtonARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, Monash UniversityUniversity of WashingtonIn late 2016, there was a sudden and subsequently sustained decrease of Antarctic sea ice extent. Analyses of observations and a model simulation trace the causes to teleconnections from the tropics on the interannual timescale combined with decadal-timescale warming in the upper Southern Ocean.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07865-9 |
| spellingShingle | Gerald A. Meehl Julie M. Arblaster Christine T. Y. Chung Marika M. Holland Alice DuVivier LuAnne Thompson Dongxia Yang Cecilia M. Bitz Sustained ocean changes contributed to sudden Antarctic sea ice retreat in late 2016 Nature Communications |
| title | Sustained ocean changes contributed to sudden Antarctic sea ice retreat in late 2016 |
| title_full | Sustained ocean changes contributed to sudden Antarctic sea ice retreat in late 2016 |
| title_fullStr | Sustained ocean changes contributed to sudden Antarctic sea ice retreat in late 2016 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustained ocean changes contributed to sudden Antarctic sea ice retreat in late 2016 |
| title_short | Sustained ocean changes contributed to sudden Antarctic sea ice retreat in late 2016 |
| title_sort | sustained ocean changes contributed to sudden antarctic sea ice retreat in late 2016 |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07865-9 |
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