Positive Trend in the Antarctic Sea Ice Cover and Associated Changes in Surface Temperature
2017
AbstractThe
Antarctic sea iceextent has been slowly increasing contrary to expected trends due to global warming and results from coupled climate models. After a record high extent in 2012 the extent was even higher in 2014 when the magnitude exceeded 20 × 106 km2 for the first time during the satellite era. The positive trend is confirmed with newly reprocessed
sea icedata that addressed inconsistency issues in the time series. The variability in
sea iceextent and ice area was studied alongside surface ice temperature for the 34-yr period starting in 1981, and the results of the analysis show a strong correlation of −0.94 during the growth season and −0.86 during the melt season. The correlation coefficients are even stronger with a one-month lag in surface temperature at −0.96 during the growth season and −0.98 during the melt season, suggesting that the trend in
sea icecover is strongly influenced by the trend in surface temperature. The correlation with
atmospheric circulationas represented by th...
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