The Arctic sea ice cover of 2016: a year of record-low highs and higher-than-expected lows

Petty, Alek A.; Stroeve, Julienne C.; Holland, Paul R.; Boisvert, Linette N.; Bliss, Angela C.; Kimura, Noriaki; Meier, Walter N.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-433-2018

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-433-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-433-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

Research article

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06 Feb 2018

Research article |

| 06 Feb 2018

The Arctic sea ice cover of 2016: a year of record-low highs and higher-than-expected lows

Alek A. Petty, Julienne C. Stroeve, Paul R. Holland, Linette N. Boisvert, Angela C. Bliss, Noriaki Kimura, and Walter N. Meier

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RC1: 'Review of Petty et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Nov 2017
RC2: 'Comment on “The Arctic sea ice cover of 2016: A year of record low highs and higher than expected lows” by Alek A. Petty et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Dec 2017
AC1: 'Response to the reviews', Alek Petty, 21 Dec 2017
AC2: 'Tracked changes revised manuscript', Alek Petty, 21 Dec 2017

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AR by Alek Petty on behalf of the Authors (28 Dec 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (02 Jan 2018) by Christian Haas

Short summary

There was significant scientific and media attention surrounding Arctic sea ice in 2016, due primarily to the record-warm air temperatures and low sea ice conditions observed at the start of the year. Here we quantify and assess the record-low monthly sea ice cover in winter, spring and fall, and the lack of record-low sea ice conditions in summer. We explore the primary drivers of these monthly sea ice states and explore the implications for improved summer sea ice forecasting.