The Variability of Arctic Sea Ice Extent from Spring to Summer and Its Linkage to the Decline of SIE in September

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amete/volume-2015/352380/figures/352380.fig.0010a.svgz" name="352380.fig.0010a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>SST in winter/JJ SIE</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amete/volume-2015/352380/figures/352380.fig.0010b.svgz" name="352380.fig.0010b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>SST in winter/JA SIE</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amete/volume-2015/352380/figures/352380.fig.0010c.svgz" name="352380.fig.0010c" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(c) </b>SST in spring/JJ SIE</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amete/volume-2015/352380/figures/352380.fig.0010d.svgz" name="352380.fig.0010d" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(d) </b>SST in spring/JA SIE</td></tr></table>

<div>The correlation distributions between sea surface temperature (SST) in preceding winter (DJF) and spring (MAM) with SIE difference for JJ and JA over the north of 10°N: (a) SST in winter and JJ SIE, (b) SST in winter and JA SIE, (c) SST in spring and JJ SIE, and (d) SST in spring and JA SIE.</div>

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Figure 10: The Variability of Arctic Sea Ice Extent from Spring to Summer and Its Linkage to the Decline of SIE in September 