Articles | Volume 13, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-79-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-79-2019
Research article
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10 Jan 2019
Research article |  | 10 Jan 2019

Arctic sea-ice-free season projected to extend into autumn

Marion Lebrun, Martin Vancoppenolle, Gurvan Madec, and François Massonnet

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AR by Marion Lebrun on behalf of the Authors (05 Sep 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (07 Sep 2018) by Dirk Notz
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (25 Sep 2018)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (25 Sep 2018)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (26 Sep 2018) by Dirk Notz
AR by Marion Lebrun on behalf of the Authors (05 Nov 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (09 Nov 2018) by Dirk Notz
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (25 Nov 2018)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (04 Dec 2018) by Dirk Notz
AR by Marion Lebrun on behalf of the Authors (12 Dec 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (14 Dec 2018) by Dirk Notz
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Short summary
The present analysis shows that the increase in the Arctic ice-free season duration will be asymmetrical, with later autumn freeze-up contributing about twice as much as earlier spring retreat. This feature is robustly found in a hierarchy of climate models and is consistent with a simple mechanism: solar energy is absorbed more efficiently than it can be released in non-solar form and should emerge out of variability within the next few decades.