[A-CG57] Science in the Arctic Region

[ACG57-P01] A hemispheric extreme cold winter in 2017/18 controlled by the lowest extent of Chukchi sea-ice

*Keisuke Ota¹, Yoshihiro Tachibana¹, Yuta Ando¹ (1.Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University)

Keywords:Chukchi Sea, sea-ice

In East Asia 2017/18 winter, the seasonal mean temperature was the lowest recorded since 1988/89. The sea-ice extent of the Chukchi Sea was the lowest in 2017/18. We investigated the influence of the Chukchi sea-ice decline on the hemispheric cold winter viewing from statistical analysis. The Chukchi sea-ice decline was statistically related to East Asia cold winter. Some studies showed that La Niña and sea-ice decline in the Barents and Kara Sea statistically affect to cold winter. We examine the relationship between the statistical effects of the sea-ice decline in the Chukchi Sea and these other factors in 2017/18. The factors of La Niña and the sea-ice decline in the Barents and Kara Sea were not enough as the explanation for abnormal winter in 2017/18. In addition to these two factors, the sea-ice decline in the Chukchi Sea was the well explanation for the cold winter over East Asia in 2017/18. The sea-ice extent of the Chukchi Sea was abnormal in 2017/18. The abnormal sea-ice decline in the Chukchi Sea might statistically affect the cold winter over East Asia in 2017/18.