The Arctic

R. L. Thoman; T. A. Moon; M. L. Druckenmiller; Thomas G. Askjaer; Thomas J. Ballinger; Uma S. Bhatt; Logan T. Berner; Germar H. Bernhard; Siiri Bigalke; Jarle W. Bjerke; Angela Bliss; Jason E. Box; Mike Brady; Brian Brettschneider; Amy H. Butler; Hanne H. Christiansen; Alex Crawford; Bertrand Decharme; Chris Derksen; Dmitry Divine; Alesksandra Elias Chereque; Howard E. Epstein; Sinead Farrell; Robert S. Fausto; Xavier Fettweis; Vitali E. Fioletov; Bruce C. Forbes; Gerald V. (JJ) Frost; Sebastian Gerland; Jens-Uwe Grooß; Edward Hanna; Stefan Hendricks; Stephen Howell; Iolanda Ialongo; Ketil Isaksen; Gensuo Jia; Bjørn Johnsen; Lars Kaleschke; Seong-Joong Kim; Zachary M. Labe; Rick Lader; Kaisa Lakkala; Mark J. Lara; Simon H. Lee; Bryant D. Loomis; Kari Luojus; Matthew J. Macander; Rúna Í. Magnússon; Ken D. Mankoff; James W. Mcclelland; Brooke Medley; Walter N. Meier; Paul M. Montesano; Thomas L. Mote; Herdis Motrøen Gjelten; Lawrence Mudryk; Rolf Müller; Christopher S. R. Neigh; Kelsey E. Nyland; James E. Overland; Donald K. Perovich; Alek Petty; Gareth K. Phoenix; Kristin Poinar; Robert Ricker; Vladimir E. Romanovsky; Johan H. Scheller; Mark C. Serreze; Alexander I. Shiklomanov; Nikolay I. Shiklomanov; Benjamin E. Smith; Sharon L. Smith; Robert G. M. Spencer; Dmitry A. Streletskiy; Anya Suslova; Tove Svendby; Suzanne E. Tank; Xiangshan Tian-Kunze; Marco Tedesco; Mary-Louise Timmermans; Hans Tømmervik; Mikhail Tretiakov; Christine F. Waigl; Donald (Skip) A. Walker; John E. Walsh; Muyin Wang; Melinda Webster; Dedi Yang; Scott Zolkos

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The Arctic

R. L. Thoman^*, T. A. Moon, M. L. Druckenmiller, Thomas G. Askjaer, Thomas J. Ballinger, Uma S. Bhatt, Logan T. Berner, Germar H. Bernhard, Siiri Bigalke, Jarle W. Bjerke, Angela Bliss, Jason E. Box, Mike Brady, Brian Brettschneider, Amy H. Butler, Hanne H. Christiansen, Alex Crawford, Bertrand Decharme, Chris Derksen, Dmitry DivineAlesksandra Elias Chereque, Howard E. Epstein, Sinead Farrell, Robert S. Fausto, Xavier Fettweis, Vitali E. Fioletov, Bruce C. Forbes, Gerald V. (JJ) Frost, Sebastian Gerland, Jens-Uwe Grooß, Edward Hanna, Stefan Hendricks, Stephen Howell, Iolanda Ialongo, Ketil Isaksen, Gensuo Jia, Bjørn Johnsen, Lars Kaleschke, Seong-Joong Kim, Zachary M. Labe, Rick Lader, Kaisa Lakkala, Mark J. Lara, Simon H. Lee, Bryant D. Loomis, Kari Luojus, Matthew J. Macander, Rúna Í. Magnússon, Ken D. Mankoff, James W. Mcclelland, Brooke Medley, Walter N. Meier, Paul M. Montesano, Thomas L. Mote, Herdis Motrøen Gjelten, Lawrence Mudryk, Rolf Müller, Christopher S. R. Neigh, Kelsey E. Nyland, James E. Overland, Donald K. Perovich, Alek Petty, Gareth K. Phoenix, Kristin Poinar, Robert Ricker, Vladimir E. Romanovsky, Johan H. Scheller, Mark C. Serreze, Alexander I. Shiklomanov, Nikolay I. Shiklomanov, Benjamin E. Smith, Sharon L. Smith, Robert G. M. Spencer, Dmitry A. Streletskiy, Anya Suslova, Tove Svendby, Suzanne E. Tank, Xiangshan Tian-Kunze, Marco Tedesco, Mary-Louise Timmermans, Hans Tømmervik, Mikhail Tretiakov, Christine F. Waigl, Donald (Skip) A. Walker, John E. Walsh, Muyin Wang, Melinda Webster, Dedi Yang, Scott Zolkos

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S300-S356
Number of pages	57
Journal	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume	106
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-25-0104.1
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2025

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Thoman, R. L., Moon, T. A., Druckenmiller, M. L., Askjaer, T. G., Ballinger, T. J., Bhatt, U. S., Berner, L. T., Bernhard, G. H., Bigalke, S., Bjerke, J. W., Bliss, A., Box, J. E., Brady, M., Brettschneider, B., Butler, A. H., Christiansen, H. H., Crawford, A., Decharme, B., Derksen, C., ... Zolkos, S. (2025). The Arctic. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 106(8), S300-S356. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-25-0104.1

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AU - Berner, Logan T.

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AU - Butler, Amy H.

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AU - Kim, Seong-Joong

AU - Labe, Zachary M.

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AU - Lakkala, Kaisa

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AU - Lee, Simon H.

AU - Loomis, Bryant D.

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AU - Walker, Donald (Skip) A.

AU - Walsh, John E.

AU - Wang, Muyin

AU - Webster, Melinda

AU - Yang, Dedi

AU - Zolkos, Scott

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