Unraveling the Mystery of the Stark Contrast between Bouvet and Heard Islands in the Subantarctic – Implications for Seasonal Sea Ice Modeling and Forecasting


Son V Nghiem1, Ignatius Rigor2, John Woods3, E. Joseph Metzger4 and David A Hebert4, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)University of Washington, Polar Science Center, Seattle, WA, United States, (3)U.S. National Ice Center, Washington D.C., DC, United States, (4)Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Sciences Division, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States