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Successive Antarctic sea ice extent records during 2012, 2013, and 2014 [in “State of the Climate in 2014”]
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-19, 22:31 authored by Phillip ReidPhillip Reid, Robert MassomRobert MassomThe calendar years of 2012, 2013, and 2014 saw successive records in annual daily maximum (ADM) net Antarctic sea ice extent based on satellite data since 1979 (Massom et al. 2013, 2014; section 6g), continuing the trend over the past three decades of an overall increase in Antarctic sea ice extent (Comiso 2010; Parkinson and Cavalieri 2012) and contributing to regional changes in sea ice seasonality (Stammerjohn et al. 2012). However, the mechanisms and associated regional anomalies involved in achieving each of these records were quite different.
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Publication title
Bulletin of the American Meteorological SocietyVolume
96Issue
7Pagination
S163-S164ISSN
0003-0007Department/School
Institute for Marine and Antarctic StudiesPublisher
Amer Meteorological SocPlace of publication
45 Beacon St, Boston, USA, Ma, 02108-3693Rights statement
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