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Research article
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10 Jan 2019
Research article |
| 10 Jan 2019
| 10 Jan 2019
Arctic sea-ice-free season projected to extend into autumn
Marion Lebrun
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Sorbonne Université, LOCEAN-IPSL, CNRS/IRD/MNHN, Paris, France
Martin Vancoppenolle
Sorbonne Université, LOCEAN-IPSL, CNRS/IRD/MNHN, Paris, France
Gurvan Madec
Sorbonne Université, LOCEAN-IPSL, CNRS/IRD/MNHN, Paris, France
François Massonnet
Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Earth Sciences Department, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain
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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.
The present analysis shows that the increase in the Arctic ice-free season duration will be...
