Articles | Volume 16, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-925-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-925-2022
Research article
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14 Mar 2022
Research article |  | 14 Mar 2022

Rotational drift in Antarctic sea ice: pronounced cyclonic features and differences between data products

Wayne de Jager and Marcello Vichi

Data sets

Global Low Resolution Sea Ice Drift – Multimission OSI SAF https://doi.org/10.15770/EUM_SAF_OSI_NRT_2007

Model code and software

Vorticity feature detection in Antarctic sea ice using OSI SAF low resolution global sea ice drift products Wayne de Jager https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6340099

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Short summary
Ice motion can be used to better understand how weather and climate change affect the ice. Antarctic sea ice extent has shown large variability over the observed period, and dynamical features may also have changed. Our method allows for the quantification of rotational motion caused by wind and how this may have changed with time. Cyclonic motion dominates the Atlantic sector, particularly from 2015 onwards, while anticyclonic motion has remained comparatively small and unchanged.