Sebastian Gerland

TL;DR: In this paper, the changes in sea ice are happening faster than models have projected and substantial uncertainties in the exact timing and high interannual variability will remain as sea ice decreases.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that the dynamic response of the shelf to wind forcing has a profound effect on the heat content of the water, and that the winter temperature of the West Spitsbergen Shelf reverted to that typical of fall, interrupting the normal cycle of sea ice formation in the region.

TL;DR: Phytoplankton blooms beneath snow-covered ice might become more common and widespread in the future Arctic Ocean with frequent lead formation due to thinner and more dynamic sea ice despite projected increases in high-Arctic snowfall.

TL;DR: The State of the Climate for 2013 as discussed by the authors is a very low-resolution file and it can be downloaded in a few minutes for a high-resolution version of the report to download.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare the performance of ERA-I and ERA-5 over Arctic sea ice for the years 2010 to 2016, and find that ERA5 is generally warmer than ERAI in winter and spring (0.2 and 1.2) seasons, but colder in summer and autumn (0,0.6 and 0.6) seasons when T2M is lower than −25 ∘ C.