Extraordinary September Arctic sea ice reductions and their relationships with storm behavior over 1979–2008 Export

@article{citeulike:6056829, abstract = {Dramatic changes have been observed in Arctic sea ice, cyclone behavior and atmospheric circulation in recent decades. Decreases in September ice extent have been remarkable over the last 30 years, and particularly so in very recent times. The analysis reveals that the trends and variability in September ice coverage and mean cyclone characteristics are related, and that the strength (rather than the number) of cyclones in the Arctic basin is playing a central role in the changes observed in that region, especially in the last few years. The findings reinforce suggestions that the decline in the extent and thickness of Arctic ice has started to render it particularly vulnerable to future anomalous cyclonic activity and atmospheric forcing. }, author = {Simmonds, Ian and Keay, Kevin}, citeulike-article-id = {6056829}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2009/2009GL039810.shtml}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009GL039810}, day = {14}, doi = {10.1029/2009GL039810}, issn = {0094-8276}, journal = {Geophysical Research Letters}, keywords = {arctic, climate, correlation, ice, observations, sea-ice, storm, weather}, month = {October}, number = {19}, pages = {L19715+}, posted-at = {2009-11-02 16:37:39}, priority = {2}, title = {Extraordinary September Arctic sea ice reductions and their relationships with storm behavior over 1979–2008}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009GL039810}, volume = {36}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6056829 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6056829 N2 - Dramatic changes have been observed in Arctic sea ice, cyclone behavior and atmospheric circulation in recent decades. Decreases in September ice extent have been remarkable over the last 30 years, and particularly so in very recent times. The analysis reveals that the trends and variability in September ice coverage and mean cyclone characteristics are related, and that the strength (rather than the number) of cyclones in the Arctic basin is playing a central role in the changes observed in that region, especially in the last few years. The findings reinforce suggestions that the decline in the extent and thickness of Arctic ice has started to render it particularly vulnerable to future anomalous cyclonic activity and atmospheric forcing. IS - 19 JF - Geophysical Research Letters SN - 0094-8276 TI - Extraordinary September Arctic sea ice reductions and their relationships with storm behavior over 1979–2008 VL - 36 SP - L19715 KW - arctic KW - climate KW - correlation KW - ice KW - observations KW - sea-ice KW - storm KW - weather AU - Simmonds, Ian AU - Keay, Kevin PY - 2009/10/14/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009GL039810 ER -