1. Sea Ice 16 Sept 2009

2. ARCTIC DIPOLE SLP in JUNE-JULY

3. OUTLOOK 2009 ~ 15 Groups Participated 4 Full modeling groups
AWI Model Distribution

4. Look Beyond September!

5. 30 Sept 2009

6. STILL MAJOR LOSS OF MULTI-YEAR Sea Ice perennial ice (white), mixed ice (aqua), seasonal ice (teal) derived from QuikSCAT scatterometer (big change from 2004)

7. Sea Ice Age from Rigor

8. Loss of Sea Ice Impacts Larger Atmospheric Climate
Pacific Arctic
Fall temps
Anomalies
Reach upper
troposphere
Geo Hghts Anomaly
Zonal Wind (color) and
Anomaly
Fall mb Thickness
Anomaly
700 mb zonal wind anomaly
Thermal Wind Reduces Polar West Winds
Tellus, in press

9. 2009 OUTLOOK was as a success Groups While 2009 was 3rd lowest summer extent, fall freeze up was very late. Multi-year sea ice very low relative to 2004 (Kwok). Arctic still behaving with extremes Continue for 2010, met the goal of rapid communication Priority for winter 2010: Work with other groups to define priority observations in support of OUTLOOK- ocean heat content, visual recon of ice types