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  • Movement of ice (turquoise) in the northern Gulf of Bothnia  due to the winds.
  • Steady rise of sea-surface temperatures in the Black Sea, and especially in the shallow waters of both the Sea of Azov and the northern Caspian Sea.  In the White Sea (east of Finland, top of plot) sea ice cover is less than the climatological average for this time of year.  Using these plots, the user can assess where sea ice cover is above/below average.


In general the LIM2 sea ice model tends to melt sea ice too slowly, particularly over the Bering Straits side of the Arctic basin where the analysis tends to have a bias towards greater ice thickness.

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Fig2.1.4.8-2: Typical chart of sea surface temperature and sea ice.  The sea ice areas only show sea ice cover above 50% which gives the impression that there is no sea ice outside this area.  However, patchy ice and bergs are likely in the surrounding waters.