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Nonlinear threshold behavior during the loss of Arctic sea ice

I. Eisenman and J. S. Wettlaufer
PNAS January 6, 2009 106 (1) 28-32; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0806887106
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  1. Edited by Carl Wunsch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, and approved November 14, 2008 (received for review July 25, 2008)

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vol. 106 no. 1 28-32
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0806887106
PubMed: 
19109440

Published By: 
National Academy of Sciences
Print ISSN: 
0027-8424
Online ISSN: 
1091-6490
History: 
  • Published in issue January 6, 2009.
  • Published first December 24, 2008.

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© 2008 by The National Academy of Sciences of the USA

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  1. I. Eisenmana,1,2 and
  2. J. S. Wettlauferb,c
  1. aDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138;
  2. bDepartment of Geology and Geophysics and Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 96520; and
  3. cNordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, Roslagstullsbacken 23, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
  1. Edited by Carl Wunsch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, and approved November 14, 2008 (received for review July 25, 2008)

Footnotes

  • 2To whom correspondence should be sent at the present address. E-mail: ian{at}gps.caltech.edu
  • Author contributions: I.E. and J.S.W. designed research, performed research, and wrote the paper.

  • ↵1Present addresses: Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 and Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195.

  • The authors declare no conflict of interest.

  • This article is a PNAS Direct Submission.

  • This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/0806887106/DCSupplemental.

  • © 2008 by The National Academy of Sciences of the USA

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Feb 2013772117
Mar 20131005322
Apr 20131002215
May 2013571217
Jun 2013491614
Jul 2013412222
Aug 2013811357
Sep 2013772636
Oct 2013631325
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Dec 2013451512
Total 2013820234267
Jan 2014401211
Feb 2014972928
Mar 2014704913
Apr 2014522212
May 2014461513
Jun 20143228
Jul 2014702514
Aug 2014542510
Sep 2014572310
Oct 2014602713
Nov 201452198
Dec 2014372313
Total 2014667271153
Jan 2015421710
Feb 20154296
Mar 2015611611
Apr 201548159
May 201545107
Jun 2015361213
Jul 2015342912
Aug 201541129
Sep 20153476
Oct 2015472723
Nov 2015371314
Dec 201532176
Total 2015499184126
Jan 2016531913
Feb 201626104
Mar 2016205915
Apr 201628177
May 201638178
Jun 201648318
Jul 2016401312
Aug 20162350
Sep 2016531313
Oct 2016442752
Nov 2016301048
Dec 201631929
Total 2016434230209
Jan 2017592557
Feb 2017531647
Mar 2017461746
Apr 201759449
May 2017352220
Jun 2017312410
Jul 2017341914
Aug 201736119
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Oct 2017342916
Nov 2017272513
Dec 2017222010
Total 2017467230303
Jan 2018273323
Feb 2018564821
Mar 2018615342
Apr 2018545520
May 2018514610
Jun 2018503917
Jul 2018494416
Aug 2018544910
Sep 2018384015
Oct 2018175717
Nov 2018137220
Dec 20181121924
Total 2018481755235
Jan 2019915414
Feb 20191515221
Mar 2019106237
Apr 2019104524
May 2019184332
Jun 201963113
Jul 2019194948
Aug 201944118
Sep 2019282816
Oct 2019162317
Nov 2019234519
Dec 201996312
Total 2019167736271
Jan 2020144423
Feb 2020203916
Mar 2020276441
Apr 202011348
May 2020163222
Jun 2020123324
Jul 2020142132
Aug 202022312
Sep 2020243034
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Total 2020251509317
Jan 2021234432
Total 2021234432
Total1250443393289
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Nonlinear threshold behavior during the loss of Arctic sea ice
I. Eisenman, J. S. Wettlaufer
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Jan 2009, 106 (1) 28-32; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806887106

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