Beijing Climate Centre

Sea Ice Mornitoring in October 2006

Source：Climate System Diagnostics and Prediction Division Author：Yanjun GUO and Yanfeng Zhu 2006-11-20

Northern Hemisphere: During October, sea ice was generally less than normal. Sea ice concentrations were 20-60% below normal in regions from the Laptev Sea to the Beaufort Sea, and 20%-40% above normal Greenland Sea

Southern Hemisphere:

During October, sea ice was generally more than normal. Sea ice Concentrations were 20-60% above normal along 60°S in the western South Atlantic Ocean, the western South Indian Ocean and the central South Pacific, but 20~60% anomalies were in the Bellingshausen Sea

(For more details, please see Products--> Ice-snow Monitoring in October 2006 http://ncc.cma.gov.cn/Monitoring/Snow/ice200610e.doc)

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