Sentences with phrase «low sea level pressure anomalies»

Conversely, low sea level pressure anomalies over the Beaufort Sea and Canada Basin keep the Arctic Ocean pack ice up against the western entrance.

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Since May, sea - level pressure anomalies over northern Australia have been persistently high, while pressure anomalies over the tropical eastern Pacific have been mostly lower than average.

In July, the Arctic Dipole Anomaly (DA) pattern that was dominant in June (which promotes clear skies, warm air temperatures, and winds that push ice away from coastal areas and encourages melt) was replaced by low sea level pressure (SLP) over the Arctic Ocean, leading to ice divergence (ice extent «spreading out») and cooler temperatures.