Antarctic sea ice extent in 2023 hit the record low for both seasonal minimum and maximum, largely due to an exceptionally rapid decrease in November-December 2022 (period 1 and 2) and exceptionally slow recovery in April-July 2023 (period 3 and 4).This study assesses the capability of current operational subseasonal to seasonal (S2S) models to predict the
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