• Geology
• Published 2008
• DOI:10.1029/2008GL034005

What drove the dramatic retreat of arctic sea ice during summer 2007

@inproceedings{Zhang2008WhatDT,
  title={What drove the dramatic retreat of arctic sea ice during summer 2007},
  author={Jinlun Zhang and Ron Lindsay and Michael Steele and Axel Juergen Schweiger},
  year={2008}
}

• Jinlun Zhang, Ron Lindsay, +1 author Axel Juergen Schweiger

[1] A model study has been conducted of the unprecedented retreat of arctic sea ice in the summer of 2007. It is found that preconditioning, anomalous winds, and ice-albedo feedback are mainly responsible for the retreat. Arctic sea ice in 2007 was preconditioned to radical changes after years of shrinking and thinning in a warm climate. During summer 2007 atmospheric changes strengthened the transpolar drift of sea ice, causing more ice to move out of the Pacific sector and the central Arctic… CONTINUE READING

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