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Serreze et al. 2003

Serreze, M.C., Maslanik, J.A., Scambos, T.A., Fetterer, F., Stroeve, J., Knowles, K., Fowler, C., Drobot, S., Barry, R.G. and Haran, T.M. (2003). A record minimum arctic sea ice extent and area in 2002. Geophysical Research Letters 30: doi: 10.1029/2002GL016406. issn: 0094-8276.

Arctic sea ice extent and area in September 2002 reached their lowest levels recorded since 1978. These conditions likely resulted from (1) anomalous warm southerly winds in spring, advecting ice poleward from the Siberian coast (2) persistent low pressure and high temperatures over the Arctic Ocean in summer, promoting ice divergence and rapid melt.

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Keywords
Oceanography, General, Climate and interannual variability, Global Change, Climate dynamics, Hydrology, Snow and ice, Global Change, Remote sensing, Global Change, Oceans

Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
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