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Set of Recommendations Do we understand what happened in 2007, 2005, 1997 etc….? Do we understand why predictions are not reproducing the interrannual variability ? Are predictions more reliable as far as long term trend is concerned ?
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Set of Recommendations Do we understand what happened in 2007, 2005, 1997 etc….? Do we understand why predictions are not reproducing the interrannual variability ? Are predictions more reliable as far as long term trend is concerned ? Can we pretend we are now able to predict what will happen in summer 2008 ?
Arctic sea-ice summer minimum extent 106 km2 1979 1990 2007 2000
NP 34 2005 TARA Sept 2006 Vagabond
TARA FRAM
Four-day sea-ice drifts from April 30 until May 3, 2002 deduced from Quickscat (R. Ezraty and J-F. Piollé, user manual ref C2-MUT-W-06-IF, April 2003)
SSM/I Four days Sea-ice drift (April 30-May 3, 2002) Quickscat ERS 2002 Year Time series of arctic perennial sea-ice from ERS and Quickscat scatterometer. Backscatter maps and intercomparison with passive microwave data
Ice thickness changes Sea ice thickness variations (Rothrock et al. ,1999)
05-06 96-97 04-05 06-07
MAIA RAC BARENTS SEA JMC EGC NIC 3 Sv NAC NCC 9 Sv Sellafield I129 La Hague
Profils verticaux de température et de salinité observés d’avril à juin 2002 (April-June) entre 89°N et 87°N