Definition differences and internal variability affect the simulated Arctic sea ice melt season

Smith, Abigail; Jahn, Alexandra

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1-2019

Articles | Volume 13, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 1

Research article

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02 Jan 2019

Research article |

| 02 Jan 2019

Definition differences and internal variability affect the simulated Arctic sea ice melt season

Abigail Smith and Alexandra Jahn

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RC1: 'Review of Definition differences and internal variability affect the simulated Arctic sea ice melt season by Abigail Ahlert and Alexandra Jahn', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Sep 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Referee 1', Abigail Smith, 03 Dec 2018
RC2: 'Review of Definition differences and internal variability affect the simulated Arctic sea ice melt season', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Sep 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Referee 2', Abigail Smith, 03 Dec 2018

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AR by Abigail Smith on behalf of the Authors (05 Dec 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (05 Dec 2018) by John Yackel

AR by Abigail Smith on behalf of the Authors (05 Dec 2018) Manuscript

Short summary

Here we assessed how natural climate variations and different definitions impact the diagnosed and projected Arctic sea ice melt season length using model simulations. Irrespective of the definition or natural variability, the sea ice melt season is projected to lengthen, potentially by as much as 4–5 months by 2100 under the business as usual scenario. We also find that different definitions have a bigger impact on melt onset, while natural variations have a bigger impact on freeze onset.