波弗特海2019年夏季海冰极端低值成因研究

波弗特海海冰的剧烈变化对区域内生态系统以及经济活动具有重要影响。基于美国国家冰雪数据中心发布的海冰密集度数据，本文对2019年波弗特海夏季海冰面积出现极端低值的机制进行了探讨。2019年融冰季（5–9月）海冰覆盖面积为1.38×105 km2，远低于1998–2020年平均面积2.28×105 km2，统计2019年前秋（2018年10–12月）和前冬季节（2019年1–4月）海冰覆盖面积，发现其与1998–2019年多年平均结果无显著差异；先前季节的海冰冰况不是造成极端低值事件的主要原因。综合海冰漂移场、海冰厚度、10 m风场以及海表面净热通量数据发现，2019年5月份海冰面积减小2.33×105 km2，是1998年以来5月海冰损失量最大的年份，占融冰季节海冰面积减小量的62%。与1998年、2008年、2012年以及2016年波弗特海夏季发生海冰覆盖面积极端低值现象的机制不同，不断减小的海冰厚度以及2019年5月异常强的风场，促使海冰快速向外输出，波弗特海南部5月16日就形成开阔水域；伴随着异常高的海表面净热通量使得海冰更多地融化，造成了2019年夏季海冰的异常现象。随着海冰厚度的不断变薄，海冰对风场的响应越来越强，海冰消退时间不断提前，波弗特海夏季海冰的极端低值现象可能更为频繁地出现。

Cause of Beaufort Sea low ice condition in the summer of 2019

The dramatic change of sea ice in the Beaufort Sea has an important impact on the regional ecosystem and economic activities. Based on the sea ice concentration released by the National Ice and Snow Center of the United States, the mechanism of extremely low summer sea ice in the Beaufort Sea in 2019 is discussed. The sea ice area in the melt season (May–September) of 2019 is 1.38×105 km2, far lower than the average of 2.28×105 km2 from 1998 to 2020. According to the statistics of the sea ice area in the preceding autumn (October–December 2018) and winter (January–April 2019) of 2019, there is no significant difference between the 2019 and the average results of 1998–2019, so it is not the main reason for the extremely low ice event. Combining the data of sea ice drift field, sea ice thickness, 10 m wind field, and net sea surface heat flux, it is found that the sea ice in May of 2019 decreased by 2.33×105 km2, which is the largest of sea ice loss in May since 1998, accounting for 62% of the loss of sea ice area in the melt season. Different from the mechanism of extremely low summer sea ice area in 1998, 2008, 2012, and 2016, decreasing sea ice thickness and abnormally strong wind field in May 2019 contribute to the rapid sea ice export, resulting in the formation of open water in the south of Beaufort Sea on May 16, 2019. The abnormally high sea surface net heat flux makes the sea ice melt more, resulting in the abnormal phenomenon of sea ice in the summer of 2019. With the continuous thinning of sea ice thickness, the response of sea ice to wind field is stronger and stronger, and the time of sea ice retreat is advanced, the phenomenon of extremely low summer ice condition in the Beaufort Sea may appear more frequently.