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SUBMITTER: Yang W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5998069 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Wenchang W Magnusdottir Gudrun G
Scientific reports 20180613 1
Arctic sea ice extent (SIE) achieves its minimum in September each year and this value has been observed to decline steeply over the satellite era of the past three decades. Yet large year-to-year fluctuations are also present in the September SIE and the mechanisms for this variability are still not clear. Here we address this issue by examining the preconditions in meteorological fields in the previous spring and summer from observations and a large ensemble of historical climate model simulat ...[more]