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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-53-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-53-2024
Research article
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05 Jan 2024
Research article |  | 05 Jan 2024

A comparison of South Pacific Antarctic sea ice and atmospheric circulation reconstructions since 1900

Ryan L. Fogt, Quentin Dalaiden, and Gemma K. O'Connor

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Antarctic sea ice is rapidly changing, with record lows set in 2017, 2022, and 2023 following decades of increase. To place these changes in a longer historical context, reconstructions have been created; however, they are quite different prior to observations. Here we find that the differences are more strongly tied to the implied connection of each reconstruction with the atmospheric circulation rather than differences in seasonality or geographic representation.