Sentences with phrase «affect sea ice distribution»

El Niño causes higher sea level pressure, warmer air temperature and warmer sea surface temperature in west Antarctica that affect sea ice distribution.
El Niño causes higher sea level pressure, warmer air temperature and warmer sea surface temperature in west Antarctica that affect sea ice distribution.

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The magnitude and spatial distribution of the high - latitude climate changes can be strongly affected by sea ice characteristics, but evaluation of sea ice in models is hampered by insufficient observations of some key variables (e.g., ice thickness)(see Section 4.4).
- To investigate how a more realistic representation of sea ice drift affects the simulation of freshwater mass distribution in the Arctic Ocean.
Screen, an expert on how the melting sea ice affects the path of weather systems around the Northern Hemisphere, said that the regional distribution of ice decline is important.
Reductions in winter sea - ice will affect the reproduction, growth and development of fish, krill, and their predators, including seals and seal - dependent polar bears (e.g., Barber and Iacozza, 2004; Box 4.3), leading to further changes in abundance and distribution of marine species (Chapter 15, Section 15.4.3).
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