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

Figure 3

The monthly average sea level pressure (SLP) in June, July, and August for 1979–2012 and the correlation distribution between simultaneous monthly SLP and the monthly SIE differences over the north of 30°N: (a) average June SLP, (b) corr. between June SLP and MJ SIE, (c) average July SLP, (d) corr. between July SLP and JJ SIE, (e) average August SLP, and (f) corr. between August SLP and JA SIE.

(a) Average SLP in June

(b) SLP in Jun/MJ SIE

(c) Average SLP in July

(d) SLP in Jul/JJ SIE

(e) Average SLP in Aug

(f) SLP in Aug/JA SIE