Sentences with phrase «winter ice extent»

An area of ocean that extends from the permanent ice zone to the boundary where winter ice extent is at a maximum.

The record had been expected and follows a trend over the last three years of anomalously high winter ice extents around the southernmost continent — a trend that provides a stark contrast to the inexorable decline of Arctic sea ice, which it's sixth lowest summer extent on record last month.

These record low winter ice extent conditions were largely a result of a much warmer winter than average, which led to a reduction in the number of freezing degree days (Figure 5).

Mean positions of the major oceanographic fronts and summer and winter ice extents for the Southern Ocean [7], [14].

The graph combined the low Arctic winter ice extent with the steep drop of sea ice off Antarctica, just now entering its summer season.

The record follows a trend over the past three years of anomalously high winter ice extents, providing a stark contrast to the inexorable decline of Arctic sea ice

TimTheToolMan: Winter ice extent is strongly related to latitude.

«The hemispheric - mean decline in winter ice extent is due in large part to increasing sea - surface temperatures in the Barents Sea and adjoining waters, which are consistent with increased concentrations of greenhouse gases.»