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Contributions of advection and melting processes to the decline in sea ice in the Pacific sector of the Arctic Ocean
Haibo Bi
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Key laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
Laboratory for Marine Geology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
College of Earth and Planetary Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Qinghua Yang
Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Climate Change and Natural Disaster Studies, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China
State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, China
Key Laboratory of Research on Marine Hazards Forecasting, National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center, Beijing, China
Liang Zhang
Key laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
Laboratory for Marine Geology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
College of Earth and Planetary Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Yunhe Wang
Key laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
Laboratory for Marine Geology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
College of Earth and Planetary Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Yu Liang
Key laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
Laboratory for Marine Geology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
College of Earth and Planetary Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Haijun Huang
Key laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
Laboratory for Marine Geology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
College of Earth and Planetary Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Short summary
The Arctic sea ice extent is diminishing, which is deemed an immediate response to a warmer Earth. However, quantitative estimates about the contribution due to transport and melt to the sea ice loss are still vague. This study mainly utilizes satellite observations to quantify the dynamic and thermodynamic aspects of ice loss for nearly 40 years (1979–2016). In addition, the potential impacts on ice reduction due to different atmospheric circulation pattern are highlighted.
The Arctic sea ice extent is diminishing, which is deemed an immediate response to a warmer...
