Sentences with phrase «sea ice pack»

An image of an area of the Arctic sea ice pack well north of Alaska, captured by the MODIS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite on Sept. 13, 2013, the day before the National Snow and Ice Data Center estimated Arctic sea ice to have reached its minimum extent for the year.
«That particular cyclone, which lasted several days and raised temperatures in the region close to the melting point, hindered sea ice growth while its associated strong winds pushed the sea ice edge back, leading to a record low spring sea ice pack in 2016,» Petty and Boisvert explained.
The Arctic's sea ice pack thawed to its third - lowest summer level on record, up slightly from the seasonal melt of the past two years but continuing an overall decline symptomatic of climate change, U.S. scientists said on Thursday.
Barber et al.: In situ observations from Canadian Research Icebreaker (NGCC) Amundsen indicate that the multi-year sea ice pack in the Southern Beaufort Sea was not as ubiquitous as it appeared within satellite remote sensing data products in early September 2009.
Sea ice extent for early July (Figure 4) shows not only anomalous open water areas in Baffin Bay, Hudson Bay, Kara Sea, and north of the Barents Sea, but also substantial open water areas within the central sea ice pack west of Banks Island and northeast of the New Siberian Islands.
That, combined with the weakened sea ice pack, means that winter storms in the Arctic are having a larger impact on the Arctic climate system.»
It's that time of year when the melting season is drawing to a close and the Arctic sea ice pack is reaching its lowest size of the year, also known as the minimum.
Sea ice extent for early July 2013 (Figure 5) shows anomalous open water areas in Baffin Bay, Hudson Bay, Kara Sea, and north of the Barents Sea, with substantial open water areas within the sea ice pack north of Siberia.
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