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Forecasts (ECMWF) interim reanalysis (ERAI; Dee et al. 2011 ) for the horizontal moisture flux, downward IR, and surface heat fluxes. Arctic station-based observations indicate that reanalysis data capture the observed day-to-day variability of downward IR reasonably well ( Morcrette 2002 ). To analyze the impact of winter downward IR, with minimal impact by solar radiation, data from December to early March are analyzed. The relationships among the moisture flux, downward IR, and sea ice are analyzed
Forecasts (ECMWF) interim reanalysis (ERAI; Dee et al. 2011 ) for the horizontal moisture flux, downward IR, and surface heat fluxes. Arctic station-based observations indicate that reanalysis data capture the observed day-to-day variability of downward IR reasonably well ( Morcrette 2002 ). To analyze the impact of winter downward IR, with minimal impact by solar radiation, data from December to early March are analyzed. The relationships among the moisture flux, downward IR, and sea ice are analyzed
experiments We utilize passive microwave sea ice concentration (SIC) processed using the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) bootstrap algorithm ( Comiso and Nishio 2008 ; Meier et al. 2015 ) and SST from the Hadley Centre Sea Ice and Sea Surface Temperature dataset (HadISST; Rayner et al. 2003 ). We also assess SIC processed using the NASA team algorithm, as it is possible that spurious trends are present in the bootstrap algorithm dataset ( Eisenman et al. 2014 ) and results are found to be
experiments We utilize passive microwave sea ice concentration (SIC) processed using the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) bootstrap algorithm ( Comiso and Nishio 2008 ; Meier et al. 2015 ) and SST from the Hadley Centre Sea Ice and Sea Surface Temperature dataset (HadISST; Rayner et al. 2003 ). We also assess SIC processed using the NASA team algorithm, as it is possible that spurious trends are present in the bootstrap algorithm dataset ( Eisenman et al. 2014 ) and results are found to be
peninsula. A modeling study by Ding et al. (2011) concluded that winter warming of West Antarctica is caused by an anticyclonic circulation over the Amundsen Sea forced by increasing SSTs in the central tropical Pacific. The anticyclone brings warm air advection onto the continent via western West Antarctica; however, this circulation pattern would be associated with cooling over the peninsula during winter, which is not seen in observations and is inconsistent with the winter deepening of the ASL
peninsula. A modeling study by Ding et al. (2011) concluded that winter warming of West Antarctica is caused by an anticyclonic circulation over the Amundsen Sea forced by increasing SSTs in the central tropical Pacific. The anticyclone brings warm air advection onto the continent via western West Antarctica; however, this circulation pattern would be associated with cooling over the peninsula during winter, which is not seen in observations and is inconsistent with the winter deepening of the ASL
