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SUBMITTER: Mayer M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5102146 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mayer Michael M Haimberger Leopold L Pietschnig Marianne M Storto Andrea A
Geophysical research letters 20161009 19
Various observation- and reanalysis-based estimates of sea ice mass and ocean heat content trends imply that the energy imbalance of the Arctic climate system was similar [1.0 (0.9,1.2) Wm<sup>-2</sup>] to the global ocean average during the 2000-2015 period. Most of this extra heat warmed the ocean, and a comparatively small fraction went into sea ice melt. Poleward energy transports and radiation contributed to this energy increase at varying strengths. On a seasonal scale, stronger radiative ...[more]