Heavy footprints of upper-ocean eddies on weakened Arctic sea ice in marginal ice zones

Georgy E. Manucharyan; Andrew F. Thompson

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29663-0

Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Heavy footprints of upper-ocean eddies on weakened Arctic sea ice in marginal ice zones

Georgy E. Manucharyan,
Andrew F. Thompson

Affiliations

Georgy E. Manucharyan: University of Washington, School of Oceanography
Andrew F. Thompson: California Institute of Technology, Environmental Science and Engineering

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29663-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Arctic sea ice extent continues to decline at an unprecedented rate that climate projection models commonly underestimate. In this study, authors reveal a positive feedback between ocean-ice heat fluxes, sea ice cover, and upper-ocean vortices that is missing in coarse-resolution climate models.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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