Sea Ice Predictions (IMAGE)

National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Sea Ice Predictions

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The researchers tested how well they were able to predict winter sea ice changes by "hindcasting" past decades and then comparing their retrospective predictions to observations of what really happened. This image shows how the model stacked up to real life for the period of 1997-2007.

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