Consistency among sea ice extent and atmospheric and hydrospheric processes

The variability and state of the Arctic sea ice cover strongly depend on atmospheric conditions as well as ocean dynamic and thermodynamic processes (Alekseev, 1976; Appel and Gudkovich, 1992; Gudkovich et al., 1972; Doronin, 1969; Doronin and Kheisin, 1975; Zakharov, 1981; Zubov, 1938, 1944; Shuleikin, 1953; Wadhams, 1994). A number of parameters influence the direction and intensity of these processes. The most significant are: the surface air temperature, wind, oceanic boundary layers and their stratification, and ocean circulation.