Earth’s Cryosphere, 2017, Vol. XXI, No. 1, p. 78-85

SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF THE ARCTIC SEA ICE DISTRIBUTION

A.E. Bukatov, A.A. Bukatov, M.V. Babiy

Sea Hydrophysical Institute, RAS,
2, Kapitanskaya str., Sevastopol, 299011, Russia; newisland@list.ru

Investigation of intra-annual variability of sea-ice concentration distribution in the Arctic in the period of 1969–2012 with the analysis of ice edge geographical position dynamics have been conducted. Monthly average velocity of the sea-ice edge displacement in latitudinal direction is estimated for every degree of longitude along the ice edge perimeter. Deviations of monthly mean latitudes of the ice edge position from its linear trend have been analyzed.

The Arctic, sea ice, sea ice concentration, sea ice edge, ice edge dynamics

DOI: 10.21782/EC2541-9994-2017-1(78-85)