Extended Data Fig. 6: Ross Sea continental shelf spatial averages.
From: Recent recovery of Antarctic Bottom Water formation in the Ross Sea driven by climate anomalies
a, Southerly winds (m s-1). Monthly data are in black, while values temporally averaged over summer and winter months are in red and blue, respectively. b, Surface air temperature (°C). Black and red lines as in a. c, Sea ice area (105 km2) lost on the Ross Sea continental shelf due to sea ice melting (see sea ice concentration budget in the Methods). The values are obtained from the time integration of the residual term between November and February, further integrated over the continental shelf. Only negative values (which in summer is mostly due to melting) are included in the calculation.
