Considering no special atmospheric pattern for enhanced ice melt or
ice export out of Fram Strait results in an estimate of 5.4 million square kilometers.
In terms of wind conditions, weak, southerly mean winds over the Fram Strait would presumably have reduced
ice export out of the Arctic.
Not exact matches
@user5751924 — Russian
exports (either via
out - sourcing, or emigration, or malware, or cracking) of computer programming talent are on the scale of rocket launches, diamonds, and
ice - breaking services — not on the scale of oil, steel, and natural gas.
In 2007 we had a persistent high sitting over the Canadian Arctic, which contributed significantly to the
export of sea
ice out of the Arctic.
While a negative AO leads to warmer temperatures over the Arctic, it also tends to reduce the flow of sea
ice out of the Arctic by affecting the winds that can
export the
ice to warmer waters, where it melts.
Behavior of the sea
ice over the past winter and the spring and the large positive temperature anomalies in the Arctic (as high as 20 degrees C over large regions in the past winter) suggest that an extent near that of the 2012 minimum may occur again if there is large
export of sea
ice out to the Atlantic Ocean via the Fram Strait.