NOAA Arctic Report Card 2025 : Sea Surface Temperature

2025/11/17 by M. -L. Timmermans, Z. M. Labe · 1 voice · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Health Professions · Social Sciences · #Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics #Indigenous Studies and Ecology #Arctic and Russian Policy Studies

paper · doi:10.25923/pz7y-3b10

Abstract

Arctic Ocean sea-surface temperatures (SSTs) in the summer are primarily influenced by the amount of incoming solar radiation absorbed by the sea surface and by the flow of warm waters into the Arctic from the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans. Solar warming of the Arctic Ocean surface is influenced by the sea-ice distribution (with greater warming occurring in ice-free regions), cloud cover, and upper-ocean stratification. Inflows of relatively warm Arctic river waters can provide an additional heat source in coastal regions.

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