Abstract: ntraseasonal relationships between Antarctic sea ice and atmospheric circulation have been investigated using a 29-yr record of pentad-mean Antarctic sea ice concentration and Southern Hemisphere 500-hPa height fields. ...

Abstract: ynoptic classifications over the Southern Ocean in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica (50°S?Antarctic coast, 150°E?90°W) have been derived from NCEP reanalysis data (1979?2011), producing a set of six synoptic types for the ...