Fig. 1: The Kara and Laptev seas: ice factories of the Arctic Ocean.
From: Rise and fall of sea ice production in the Arctic Ocean’s ice factories
a Winter (Oct-Apr) mean ice production for the period 1979--2020 in the ensemble mean of CESM-LE. The Kara and Laptev seas study region is outlined in blue. Bathymetric contours (100 m, 500 m, 1000 m) from CESM-LE shown in white. b Mean sea ice velocities during 1979--2020 as recorded by the Polar Pathfinder v4.1 product, gridded at 25 × 25 km resolution and in weekly means88. Only periods when sea ice is present are considered in the mean value for each grid cell. Shading indicates the magnitude of the mean velocities. Arrows are omitted in the Barents Sea, Baffin Bay and Greenland Sea, where velocities are significantly higher (colourscale saturates) and flow is generally southwards.
