In contrast, SLP has been higher over the Kara sector, which may have contributed to the large current negative anomalies in
sea ice concentration in that region of the Arctic.
Overall, we find the loss of sea ice thickness contributes up to 1/3 of the response from loss of
sea ice concentration in the lower to mid-atmosphere.
The AMO is likely to be a driver of multi-decadal variations in Sahel droughts, precipitation in the Caribbean, summer climate of both North America and Europe,
sea ice concentration in the Greenland Sea and sea level pressure over the southern USA, the North Atlantic and southern Europe (e.g., Venegas and Mysak, 2000; Goldenberg et al., 2001; Sutton and Hodson, 2005; Trenberth and Shea, 2006).
Prediction of September 2010
sea ice concentration in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago from a statistical model (canonical correlation analysis).
(a, b) Annual - mean
sea ice concentration in the CTL and SW experiments, and (c) SST anomalies during the last 50 years of the latter simulation.
These NASA provided images show the minimum arctic
sea ice concentration in 1979, at left, and in 2003.
The researchers found a «pronounced change» towards very low
sea ice concentration in the two seas since 2004.
NASA's Earth Observatory reports that there was a record low Arctic
sea ice concentration in June 2005.
The AMO is likely to be a driver of multi-decadal variations in Sahel droughts, precipitation in the Caribbean, summer climate of both North America and Europe,
sea ice concentration in the Greenland Sea and sea level pressure over the southern USA, the North Atlantic and southern Europe (e.g., Venegas and Mysak, 2000; Goldenberg et al., 2001; Sutton and Hodson, 2005; Trenberth and Shea, 2006).
Nørgaard - Pedersen, N., Mikkelsen, N., Lassen, S. J., Kristoffersen, Y. & Sheldon, E. Reduced
sea ice concentrations in the Arctic Ocean during the last interglacial period revealed by sediment cores off northern Greenland.
Not exact matches
Sea ice - associated decline
in body condition leads to increased
concentrations of lipophilic pollutants
in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Svalbard, Norway.
Concentrations of two other chemicals
in the
ice cores, vanillic acid (a chemical formed when conifer forests burn) and non —
sea salt sulfur (a primary component
in acid rain), helped distinguish between soot from natural sources and that from industrial pollution.
The researchers warn, however, that the future evolution of the AMO remains uncertain, with many factors potentially affecting how it interacts with atmospheric circulation patterns, such as Arctic
sea ice loss, changes
in solar radiation, volcanic eruptions and
concentrations of greenhouse gases
in the atmosphere.
The team investigated the trajectories of
sea ice drifting
in the ocean and saw a pattern of
ice — and hence water — flowing northward from the vast northern coast of Russia toward the middle of the Arctic Ocean, where the radium
concentrations had increased.
The
sea ice surrounding Antarctica has increased
in extent and
concentration from the late 1970s, when satellite - based measurements began, until 2015.
If nothing is done to stop the increase
in the
concentration of CO2,
sea level rise will not stop at 20 ft.. The Arctic
sea ice has nearly gone.
This week, Arctic
sea ice extent - that is, the total ocean area
in which the
ice concentration is at least 15 percent - was at 1.96 million square miles.
All this cold water being released into the ocean has a significant impact on the formation of
sea ice, resulting
in higher rates of
sea ice concentration around Antarctica.
Changes
in the winds around Antarctica therefore change
ice -
concentration trends around Antarctica [8] by influencing
sea -
ice production and melt rates [9].
Acidity decline
in Antarctic
ice cores during the Little Ice Age linked to changes in atmospheric nitrate and sea salt concentratio
ice cores during the Little
Ice Age linked to changes in atmospheric nitrate and sea salt concentratio
Ice Age linked to changes
in atmospheric nitrate and
sea salt
concentrations.
Sea -
ice concentration in the Barents and Kara
seas, expressed as a percentage.
The only explanation that we have for the sustained downward trend
in sea -
ice extent is the increase
in greenhouse - gas
concentrations.
your evidence for Arctic
ice concentration similar
in extent or lower than current is 1) your personal experience 2) a 1952 ecyclopedia entry describing changing
sea ice cover for one region of the Arctic.
John — your premise is incorrect; Arctic
sea -
ice is not a
concentration of mass, and when it melts it doesn't redistribute around the globe (other of course than
in the same way any other Arctic seawater redistributes).
This finding is consistent with the expected effect of increasing greenhouse gas
concentrations and with other observed evidence of a changing climate such as reductions
in Arctic
sea ice extent, melting permafrost, rising
sea levels, and increases
in heavy downpours and heat waves.
Alarmed at the pace of change to our Earth caused by human - induced climate change, including accelerating melting and loss of
ice from Greenland, the Himalayas and Antarctica, acidification of the world's oceans due to rising CO2
concentrations, increasingly intense tropical cyclones, more damaging and intense drought and floods, including glacial lakes outburst loods,
in many regions and higher levels of
sea - level rise than estimated just a few years ago, risks changing the face of the planet and threatening coastal cities, low lying areas, mountainous regions and vulnerable countries the world over,
The important news is that
in five summers the
sea ice concentration over the Arctic has not recovered from its precipitous decline
in 2007.
The papers questioned everything from the relative role of natural mechanisms
in changes to the climate system vis - à - vis increased CO2
concentrations, the allegedly «unprecedented» nature of modern climate phenomena such as warming,
sea levels, glacier and
sea ice retreat, and the efficacy and reliability of computer climate models for projecting future climate states.
Yuan et al. (LDEO Columbia University), 5.08 (+ / - 0.51), Statistical The prediction is made by statistical models, which are capable to predict Arctic
sea ice concentrations at grid points 3 - month
in advance with reasonable skills.
WMO will issue its full Statement on the State of the Climate
in 2017
in March which will provide a comprehensive overview of temperature variability and trends, high - impact events, and long - term indicators of climate change such as increasing carbon dioxide
concentrations, Arctic and Antarctic
sea ice,
sea level rise and ocean acidification.
Investigation of
sea ice concentrations support this hypothesis with the emergence of lower ice concentration bands in the southern Beaufort Sea in May 2012 within an increasingly heterogeneous sea ice cover in the Arct
sea ice concentrations support this hypothesis with the emergence of lower
ice concentration bands
in the southern Beaufort
Sea in May 2012 within an increasingly heterogeneous sea ice cover in the Arct
Sea in May 2012 within an increasingly heterogeneous
sea ice cover in the Arct
sea ice cover
in the Arctic.
Left figure: April
ice extent defined as 30 %
ice concentration in the Greenland
Sea / Fram Strait and Barents
Sea based on passive microwave data (red = April 2012, orange = mean April 1999 - 2008, purple = mean April 1980 - 1999, green = mean April 1979 - 2008).
Right figure: May
ice extent defined as 30 %
ice concentration in the Greenland
Sea / Fram Strait and Barents
Sea based on passive microwave data (red = May 2012, orange = mean May 1999 - 2008, purple = mean May 1980 - 1999, green = mean May 1979 - 2008)(Gerland et al.).
The
ice concentration is significantly below the 34 - year climatology
in the Beaufort
Sea, Chukchi
Sea, East Siberian
Sea, Laptev
Sea, Kara
Sea and Barents
Sea.
Currently (as of July 19), the extent is within 600,000 km2 of that
in 2012 and the
ice cover has become diffuse (low
ice concentrations) within the Beaufort
Sea (Figure 10).
A statistical forecast using a regression based approach with fall
sea surface temperature anomalies
in the North Atlantic as the main predictor was submitted by Tivy (Figure 3) for
ice concentration anomalies
in July
in Hudson Bay.
With global GHG emissions and
concentrations continuing to increase; with climate change intensifying changes
in ecosystems,
ice sheet deterioration, and
sea level rise; and with fossil fuels providing more than 80 % of the world's energy, the likelihood seems low that cooperative actions will prevent increasingly disruptive climate change over the next several decades.
Determining the mechanisms and feedbacks involved
in climate change at the end of the last
ice age therefore requires an understanding of the relationship between the southern margin
ice retreat and connected meltwater events to atmospheric and
sea surface temperatures,
ice - rafting Heinrich events,
sea level rise, and atmospheric greenhouse gas
concentrations.
Sea -
ice concentration in the Barents and Kara
seas, expressed as a percentage.
Sea ice extent is defined by the area
in which
ice concentration exceeds 15 percent.
May
ice extent defined as the 30 %
ice concentration in the Greenland
Sea / Fram Strait and Barents
Sea based on the Norwegian
ice charts (blue = 2013, red = 2012, orange = 2011, green = 2010, yellow = 2009).
Another simulation incorporated prescribed
sea ice loss
in autumn and winter based on satellite - derived Arctic
sea ice concentrations.
The animation below of the
sea ice concentration chart from Cryosphere Today shows changes
in ice distribution from 31 December 2010 to 22 March 2011
in 5 day steps.
Southern Ocean:
Sea Ice Concentration and
Sea Surface Temperature Recently there has been a discussion about the link between SST and SIC
in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.
The average historic summer minimum (the yellow line
in Fig. 1) indicates large portions of the Chukchi
Sea's foraging habitat have been covered with summer
ice concentrations of 50 % and greater for much of the 20th century.
Arctic
sea ice extent reconstruction - Kinnard et al. 2011 Sea ice albedo feedback - NASA Polar jet stream - NC State University Greenland ice sheet surface melt - NASA Permafrost distribution in the Arctic - GRID - Arendal Atmospheric methane concentration - NOAA ESRL Russia plants flag at North Pole - Reut
sea ice extent reconstruction - Kinnard et al. 2011
Sea ice albedo feedback - NASA Polar jet stream - NC State University Greenland ice sheet surface melt - NASA Permafrost distribution in the Arctic - GRID - Arendal Atmospheric methane concentration - NOAA ESRL Russia plants flag at North Pole - Reut
Sea ice albedo feedback - NASA Polar jet stream - NC State University Greenland
ice sheet surface melt - NASA Permafrost distribution
in the Arctic - GRID - Arendal Atmospheric methane
concentration - NOAA ESRL Russia plants flag at North Pole - Reuters
[17] Before the advent of satellite - based imagery
in 1973,
sea ice concentration data for the Antarctic are not available, and
sea ice extent data are not readily available for indi - vidual months, seasons or years, although some visible and infrared data do exist for 1966 — 1972 [Zwally et al., 1983] and some undigitized charts reside
in national archives (e.g., V. Smolyanitsky, personal communication, 2002).
Hello there, Since I need to convert
sea ice concentration to
sea ice extent
in MERRA - 2 (0.625 x 0.5) and JRA - 55 (1.25 x 1.25).
Sea ice concentration Dec 31 2010 to Mar 22 2011 The chart of sea ice concentration should be read in conjunction with the PIPS ice displacement chart animation and the current ice thickness chart bel
Sea ice concentration Dec 31 2010 to Mar 22 2011 The chart of
sea ice concentration should be read in conjunction with the PIPS ice displacement chart animation and the current ice thickness chart bel
sea ice concentration should be read
in conjunction with the PIPS
ice displacement chart animation and the current
ice thickness chart below.
One of the difficulties using charts based on
in situ observations is that there was very little exploration poleward of the «marginal
ice zone» (the area of partial
sea ice cover near the
ice edge), so
in older reconstructions the
ice concentration was often assumed to be 100 % beyond the marginal zone.