Regional monthly views of winds and sea ice concentration in 2010–2011 are shown for the greater Amundsen Sea region. The vectors are the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis 10-m winds; color shading shows GSFC Bootstrap SSM/I sea ice concentrations where dark blue is open water and white is complete sea ice cover. The solid red and green contours outline the 15 and 75% sea ice concentrations, respectively. The ASP/DIS region generally experiences offshore (southerly) winds, which could facilitate upwelling.