Moisture transport and Antarctic sea ice: austral spring 2016 event

Ionita, Monica; Scholz, Patrick; Grosfeld, Klaus; Treffeisen, Renate

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-939-2018

Articles | Volume 9, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-939-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-939-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 9, issue 3

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04 Jul 2018

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Moisture transport and Antarctic sea ice: austral spring 2016 event

Monica Ionita, Patrick Scholz, Klaus Grosfeld, and Renate Treffeisen

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RC1: 'Review of "Moisture Transport and Antarctic sea ice: Austral spring 2016 event"', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Feb 2018
- AC1: 'response reviewer 1', Monica Ionita-Scholz, 17 Apr 2018
RC2: 'Review of: "Moisture transport and Antarctic sea ice: Austral spring 2016 event" by Ionita et al.', Joakim Kjellsson, 18 Mar 2018
- AC2: 'response reviewer 2', Monica Ionita-Scholz, 17 Apr 2018
EC1: 'Note on author response', Anders Levermann, 28 Mar 2018

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In austral spring 2016 the Antarctic region experienced anomalous sea ice retreat in all sectors, with sea ice extent in October and November 2016 being the lowest in the Southern Hemisphere over the observational record (1979–present). The extreme sea ice retreat was accompanied by the wettest and warmest spring on record, over large areas covering the Indian ocean, the Ross Sea, and the Weddell Sea.