Effectively, a negative trend in internal stress is a positive trend for ice-ocean stress, as it implies a more direct transfer of atmospheric momentum to the ocean.
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Future sea ice weakening amplifies wind-driven trends in surface stress and Arctic Ocean spin-up.
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The largest trend in surface stress occurs during winter (5.1% per decade), while fall also exhibits a significant trend (2.1% per decade), although this curve flattens after 2060.