南半球中高纬度气旋对南极海冰面积的影响

陈蕾; 黄昱; 李双林; 徐祥德

doi:10.3799/dqkx.2024.111

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Chen Lei, Huang Yu, Li Shuanglin, Xu Xiangde, 2025. Impacts of Mid-High Latitude Cyclones in the Southern Hemisphere on Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. Earth Science, 50(9): 3395-3407. doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2024.111

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Chen Lei, Huang Yu, Li Shuanglin, Xu Xiangde, 2025. Impacts of Mid-High Latitude Cyclones in the Southern Hemisphere on Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. Earth Science, 50(9): 3395-3407. doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2024.111

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Impacts of Mid-High Latitude Cyclones in the Southern Hemisphere on Antarctic Sea Ice Extent

doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2024.111

Chen Lei^{1, 2
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Huang Yu¹,
Li Shuanglin^{1, 2, 3},
Xu Xiangde^{1, 2, 4}

1.
School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan 430078, China
2.
CMA-CUG Center for Severe Weather and Climate and Hydro-Geological Hazards, Wuhan 430078, China
3.
Climate Change Research Center, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
4.
State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China

Received Date: 2024-07-29
Available Online: 2025-10-10
Publish Date: 2025-09-25

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The long-term effects of mid-high latitude cyclones on Antarctic sea ice extent (SIE) were investigated using reanalysis data from European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) for September, spanning from 1979 to 2022. This study examines the correlation between the frequency of mid-high latitude cyclones and SIE, as well as analyzes the spatiotemporal distribution of SIE anomalies caused by cyclones. The results indicate that the mid-high latitude cyclones predominantly influence Antarctic sea ice within the marginal ice zone, where the sea ice concentration (SIC) is less than 80% and exhibits frequent changes across most regions. These findings reveal that SIE is more susceptible to Southern Annular Mode (SAM) than to cyclones in most regions of Antarctica. However, cyclone-induced variations in SIC are significant within the Antarctic marginal ice zone, particularly near the sea ice edges, where cyclones are the primary drivers of SIC fluctuations. The influence of cyclones on SIC variations depends on the initial SIC amount, with variations decreasing as SIC reaches a certain high value.
- Southern Hemisphere,
- mid-high latitude cyclone,
- Antarctica,
- sea ice,
- meteorology

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