July 2014 – Page 2 – sunshine hours

MASIE Arctic July 27 2014 – A Day of Freeze and Melt Ending Up 11,000 sq km Higher

Published on July 27, 2014July 27, 2014 by sunshinehours11 Comment

July 27 2014 MASIE Update – A Day of Freeze and Melt Ending Up 11,694 sq km Higher

Data here. The tiny blue bar at the far right is the net freeze for day 207.

Region	120 days ago	End	Last 119	Last 28	Last 14	Last 7	Last 3	Last 1
Laptev Sea	897,845	341,083	-556,761	-306,590	-80,671	-49,872	-7,452	-12,035
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence	1,688,530	84,746	-1,603,784	-566,356	-78,169	-61,810	-26,933	-4,648
Canadian Archipelago	853,214	683,675	-169,540	-72,204	-45,104	-26,511	-11,039	-1,766
Kara Sea	933,859	404,649	-529,211	-393,782	-267,128	-123,292	-35,537	-1,116
Beaufort Sea	1,070,445	831,750	-238,695	-108,217	-8,839	-4,891	15,282	0
Chukchi Sea	966,006	641,806	-324,200	-103,305	-9,047	-6,753	13,784	0
East Siberian Sea	1,087,137	990,921	-96,217	-37,414	17,263	-22,088	4,073	0
Barents Sea	645,917	79,847	-566,070	-102,085	-18,726	-19,241	-6,450	0
Bering Sea	697,324	15	-697,308	-19,927	-8,643	-772	0	0
Baltic Sea	15,337	0	-15,337	0	0	0	0	0
Sea of Okhotsk	853,240	0	-853,240	0	0	0	0	0
Yellow Sea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greenland Sea	603,416	356,787	-246,629	-162,666	-75,930	-62,983	1,397	8,887
Central Arctic	3,221,921	3,204,775	-17,146	-29,121	1,360	122	15,135	10,794
Hudson Bay	1,260,903	201,636	-1,059,268	-634,988	-264,187	-95,448	-18,124	11,578

Northern Hemisphere (Total)	14,805,115	7,822,833	-6,982,282	-2,537,040	-837,820	-473,539	-55,865	11,694

NH (Average Loss per Day)			-58,186	-90,609	-59,844	-67,648	-18,622	11,694

DMI Update July 27 2014 – Shortest Summer Ever in the Arctic?

Published on July 27, 2014July 27, 2014 by sunshinehours11 Comment

DMI says summer is almost over. And by summer I mean the short period when average temperature is above 0C.

Red is the temperature for 2014. Green is the mean for all previous years. Blue is the 0C line.

It could be the shortest arctic summer ever.

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent July 27 2014 – 1,214,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean

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Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,214,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent July 26 2014 – 1,800,000 sq km Higher Than 1983

Published on July 26, 2014July 26, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

On Day 206 of 2014, Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,128,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.

It is also 1,800,000 sq km higher than the low for day 206 back in 1983.

MASIE Arctic July 26 2014 – Melting and Freezing

Published on July 26, 2014July 26, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

July 26 2014 MASIE Update – Melting and Freezing … resulting in a very small net melt of -10,205 sq km over the last day.

However the net melt over the last 3 days was pretty high. But almost the same as the last 7 days.

Data here.

Region	119 days ago	End	Last 118	Last 28	Last 14	Last 7	Last 3	Last 1
Kara Sea	933,859	405,765	-528,094	-429,387	-228,219	-140,223	-91,746	-32,376
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence	1,688,530	89,395	-1,599,136	-578,372	-69,533	-37,632	-28,139	-13,844
Canadian Archipelago	853,214	685,441	-167,774	-70,628	-45,269	-20,201	-24,665	-9,035
Greenland Sea	603,416	347,900	-255,516	-186,943	-65,476	-61,545	-48,490	-2,759
Barents Sea	645,917	79,847	-566,070	-102,676	-16,457	-14,165	-10,705	-2,398
Hudson Bay	1,260,903	190,058	-1,070,845	-679,341	-279,459	-99,954	-63,224	-1,103
Bering Sea	697,324	15	-697,308	-24,071	-8,643	-7,329	-1,323	0
Baltic Sea	15,337	0	-15,337	0	0	0	0	0
Sea of Okhotsk	853,240	0	-853,240	0	0	0	0	0
Yellow Sea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Central Arctic	3,221,921	3,193,981	-27,941	-40,662	-9,398	-3,303	-2,248	2,611
Laptev Sea	897,845	353,118	-544,727	-290,647	-68,636	-6,843	-24,403	6,547
Chukchi Sea	966,006	641,806	-324,200	-109,851	-9,047	3,585	-5,570	13,239
Beaufort Sea	1,070,445	831,750	-238,695	-111,070	-8,839	19,239	6,139	14,003
East Siberian Sea	1,087,137	990,921	-96,217	-35,106	17,263	6,655	-15,058	14,910

Northern Hemisphere (Total)	14,805,115	7,811,139	-6,993,976	-2,659,139	-791,713	-361,718	-309,432	-10,205

NH (Average Loss per Day)			-58,773	-94,969	-56,551	-51,674	-103,144	-10,205

A new graph

Arctic Sea Ice Extent – July 26 2014 Update – Aiming For One Standard Deviation

Published on July 26, 2014 by sunshinehours13 Comments

Arctic Sea Ice Extent seems to be aiming to break the one standard deviation mark … maybe in 6 or 7 days.

Arctic Sea Ice Extent 800,000 sq km HIGHER Than 2011- July 25 2014 Update

Published on July 25, 2014July 25, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

In 2011 Arctic Sea Ice Extent on day 205 was 6.9 million sq km. In 2014, on the same day, it is 7.7 million sq km. That is 800,000 sq km higher.

July 25 2014 – Global Sea Ice Highest On This Day For Last 10 Years

Published on July 25, 2014 by sunshinehours11 Comment

The last time global sea ice was higher than it is on day 205 was way back in 2004. Global Sea Ice Extent is 14,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent July 25 2014 – Obliterates Daily Record By 500,000 sq km

Published on July 25, 2014 by sunshinehours17 Comments

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,131,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.

That obliterates the previous daily record by 500,000 sq km. And is also the 127th daily record for the year.

23% of warming in Europe since 1980 due to cleaner air

Published on July 24, 2014July 24, 2014 by sunshinehours11 Comment

Cleaner Air = More Sunshine = Warmer

“A paper published today in Geophysical Research Letters finds that clean air laws which greatly reduced sulfur dioxide emissions explain 81% of the “brightening” of sunshine and 23% of the surface warming in Europe since 1980.”

Read about it here.