Fig. 6: Anomalous nature of the winter (JFM) sea ice and atmospheric circulation during 2020 and 2021. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 6: Anomalous nature of the winter (JFM) sea ice and atmospheric circulation during 2020 and 2021.

From: Thick and old sea ice in the Beaufort Sea during summer 2020/21 was associated with enhanced transport

Fig. 6: Anomalous nature of the winter (JFM) sea ice and atmospheric circulation during 2020 and 2021.

Sea ice thickness (shading - m) and sea ice motion (vectors- km/day) anomalies with respect to climatology (2007–2019) for: a 2020 and b 2021. Sea ice mass convergence (shading - m/month) and sea ice motion (vectors- km/day) anomalies with respect to climatology (2007–2019) for: c 2020 and d 2021. Sea-level pressure (contours - mb), 10 m wind (vectors- m/s) and 10 m wind speed (shading-m/s) anomalies with respect to climatology (1979–2021) for: e 2020 and f 2021. The polygon indicates the region along the Beaufort Coast over which statistics were computed. Sea ice fields are from PIOMAS. Atmospheric fields are from ERA5.

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