Richter-Menge, J. and Overland, J. and Mathis, J. T. and Osborne, E. (2017) Arctic Report Card 2017. Project Report. NOAA.
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Abstract
The Arctic Report Card (www.arctic.noaa.gov/Report-Card/), going into its 12th year, considers a range of environmental observations throughout the Arctic, and is updated annually. As in previous years, the 2017 update highlights the changes that continue to occur in, and among, the physical and biological components of the Arctic environmental system. Arctic conditions in 2017 provide an excellent example of the need to assess observations in the context of longer-term records. After a very warm Arctic-wide autumn 2016, spring and summer 2017 had near average air temperatures relative to the 1981-2010 climatology. These spring/summer conditions were reminiscent of conditions before the long-term temperatures increases that began in the 1990s. These 'relatively cool' temperatures in spring and summer 2017 contributed to a rebound in the snow cover extent in Eurasia during May and June, a slowing of the summer sea ice loss, and below-average melt extent for the Greenland ice sheet.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Project Report) |
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| Subjects: | Natural Environment > Cryosphere Research and Education > Projects |
| Organizations: | Unspecified |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Apr 2026 14:24 |
| URI: | https://library.arcticportal.org/id/eprint/2937 |
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