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The Arctic's sea ice cover: trends, variability, predictability, and comparisons to the Antarctic by Serreze, Mark C., Meier, Walter N.

“…As assessed over the period of satellite observations, October 1978 to present, there are downward linear trends in Arctic sea ice extent for all months,…”
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Trends in Arctic sea ice extent from CMIP5, CMIP3 and observations by Stroeve, Julienne C., Kattsov, Vladimir, Barrett, Andrew, Serreze, Mark, Pavlova, Tatiana, Holland, Marika, Meier, Walter N.

“…The rapid retreat and thinning of the Arctic sea ice cover over the past several decades is one of the most striking manifestations of global climate change…”
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An enhancement to sea ice motion and age products at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) by Tschudi, Mark A, Meier, Walter N, Stewart, J. Scott

“…A new version of sea ice motion and age products includes several significant upgrades in processing, corrects known issues with the previous version, and…”
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Temporal and regional variability of Arctic sea-ice coverage from satellite data by Peng, Ge, Meier, Walter N.

“…With rapid and accelerated Arctic sea-ice loss, it is beneficial to update and baseline historical change on the regional scales from a consistent,…”
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Assessing uncertainties in sea ice extent climate indicators by Meier, Walter N, Stewart, J Scott

“…The uncertainties in sea ice extent (total area covered by sea ice with concentration >15%) derived from passive microwave sensors are assessed in two ways…”
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Variability and Trends in the Arctic Sea Ice Cover: Results from Different Techniques by Comiso, Josefino C., Meier, Walter N., Gersten, Robert

“…Variability and trend studies of sea ice in the Arctic have been conducted using products derived from the same raw passive microwave data but by different…”
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Arctic sea ice in transformation: A review of recent observed changes and impacts on biology and human activity by Meier, Walter N., Hovelsrud, Greta K., van Oort, Bob E.H., Key, Jeffrey R., Kovacs, Kit M., Michel, Christine, Haas, Christian, Granskog, Mats A., Gerland, Sebastian, Perovich, Donald K., Makshtas, Alexander, Reist, James D.

“…Sea ice in the Arctic is one of the most rapidly changing components of the global climate system. Over the past few decades, summer areal extent has declined…”
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Regional variability of Arctic sea ice seasonal change climate indicators from a passive microwave climate data record by Bliss, Angela C, Steele, Michael, Peng, Ge, Meier, Walter N, Dickinson, Suzanne

“…The seasonal evolution of Arctic sea ice can be described by the timing of key dates of sea ice concentration (SIC) change during its annual retreat and…”
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Forecast Skill of the Arctic Sea Ice Outlook 2008–2022 by Blanchard‐Wrigglesworth, Edward, Bushuk, Mitchell, Massonnet, François, Hamilton, Lawrence C., Bitz, Cecilia M., Meier, Walter N., Bhatt, Uma S.

“…We assess the skill of forecasts of Arctic September sea ice in the Sea Ice Outlook over 2008–2022. The multi‐model median June initialized forecast of…”
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Temporal Means and Variability of Arctic Sea Ice Melt and Freeze Season Climate Indicators Using a Satellite Climate Data Record by Peng, Ge, Steele, Michael, Bliss, Angela, Meier, Walter, Dickinson, Suzanne

“…Information on the timing of Arctic snow and ice melt onset, sea ice opening, retreat, advance, and closing, can be beneficial to a variety of stakeholders…”
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A Blended Sea Ice Concentration Product from AMSR2 and VIIRS by Dworak, Richard, Liu, Yinghui, Key, Jeffrey, Meier, Walter N.

“…An effective blended Sea-Ice Concentration (SIC) product has been developed that utilizes ice concentrations from passive microwave and visible/infrared…”
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Assessment of the Stability of Passive Microwave Brightness Temperatures for NASA Team Sea Ice Concentration Retrievals by Meier, Walter N., Stewart, J. Scott

“…Gridded passive microwave brightness temperatures (TB) from special sensor microwave imager and sounder (SSMIS) instruments on three different satellite…”
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Assessing the Potential of Enhanced Resolution Gridded Passive Microwave Brightness Temperatures for Retrieval of Sea Ice Parameters by Meier, Walter N., Stewart, J. Scott

“…A new enhanced resolution gridded passive microwave brightness temperature (TB) product is used to estimate sea ice concentration and motion. The effective…”
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Comparison of Hemispheric and Regional Sea Ice Extent and Area Trends from NOAA and NASA Passive Microwave-Derived Climate Records by Meier, Walter N., Stewart, J. Scott, Windnagel, Ann, Fetterer, Florence M.

“…Three passive microwave-based sea ice products archived at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) are compared: (1) the NASA Team (NT) algorithm…”
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THE RECORD LOW BERING SEA ICE EXTENT IN 2018: CONTEXT, IMPACTS, AND AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE by Thoman, Richard L., Bhatt, Uma S., Bieniek, Peter A., Brettschneider, Brian R., Brubaker, Michael, Danielson, Seth L., Labe, Zachary, Lader, Rick, Meier, Walter N., Sheffield, Gay, Walsh, John E.

“…Record low Bering Sea sea ice in 2018 had profound regional impacts. According to climate models, human-caused warming was an overwhelmingly likely…”
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The Arctic sea ice cover of 2016: a year of record-low highs and higher-than-expected lows by Petty, Alek A, Stroeve, Julienne C, Holland, Paul R, Boisvert, Linette N, Bliss, Angela C, Kimura, Noriaki, Meier, Walter N

“…The Arctic sea ice cover of 2016 was highly noteworthy, as it featured record low monthly sea ice extents at the start of the year but a summer (September)…”
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Implications of Arctic Sea Ice Decline for the Earth System by Bhatt, Uma S, Walker, Donald A, Walsh, John E, Carmack, Eddy C, Frey, Karen E, Meier, Walter N, Moore, Sue E, Parmentier, Frans-Jan W, Post, Eric, Romanovsky, Vladimir E, Simpson, William R

“…Arctic sea ice decline has led to an amplification of surface warming and is projected to continue to decline from anthropogenic forcing, although the exact…”
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Comparison of Passive Microwave-Derived Early Melt Onset Records on Arctic Sea Ice by Bliss, Angela C., Miller, Jeffrey A., Meier, Walter N.

“…Two long records of melt onset (MO) on Arctic sea ice from passive microwave brightness temperatures (Tbs) obtained by a series of satellite-borne instruments…”
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AN UPDATED ASSESSMENT OF THE CHANGING ARCTIC SEA ICE COVER by Meier, Walter N., Stroeve, Julienne

“…Sea ice is an essential component of the Arctic climate system. The Arctic sea ice cover has undergone substantial changes in the past 40+ years, including…”
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SIPN South: six years of coordinated seasonal Antarctic sea ice predictions by Massonnet, François, Barreira, Sandra, Barthélemy, Antoine, Bilbao, Roberto, Blanchard-Wrigglesworth, Edward, Blockley, Ed, Bromwich, David H., Bushuk, Mitchell, Dong, Xiaoran, Goessling, Helge F., Hobbs, Will, Iovino, Doroteaciro, Lee, Woo-Sung, Li, Cuihua, Meier, Walter N., Merryfield, William J., Moreno-Chamarro, Eduardo, Morioka, Yushi, Li, Xuewei, Niraula, Bimochan, Petty, Alek, Sanna, Antonella, Scilingo, Mariana, Shu, Qi, Sigmond, Michael, Sun, Nico, Tietsche, Steffen, Wu, Xingren, Yang, Qinghua, Yuan, Xiaojun

“…Antarctic sea ice prediction has garnered increasing attention in recent years, particularly in the context of the recent record lows of February 2022 and…”
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