MASIE Arctic Aug 15 2014 – Steady Melting – Central Arctic is melting

Aug 15 2014  MASIE Update – Steady Melting … Central Arctic is melting … But 25,000 sq km a day is less than 1%.

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MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-226 MASIE Central_Arctic Freeze.Melt as of 2014226 MASIE Northern_Hemisphere Freeze.Melt as of 2014226

 

Region 139 days ago End Last 138 Last 28 Last 14 Last 7 Last 3 Last 1
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 661,589 -425,548 -323,275 -268,028 -167,652 -67,671 -34,740
Central Arctic 3,221,921 3,092,715 -129,206 -96,657 -114,296 -81,279 -37,730 -25,344
Laptev Sea 897,845 60,549 -837,296 -314,024 -187,072 -107,857 -65,786 -18,132
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 537,980 -315,234 -167,662 -151,849 -84,174 -36,530 -15,362
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 777,006 -293,439 -35,505 -69,927 -48,917 -12,936 -12,459
Chukchi Sea 966,006 499,010 -466,996 -139,212 -108,104 -47,016 -12,521 -6,411
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,688,530 14,908 -1,673,622 -107,441 -62,059 -34,990 -10,468 -5,797
Kara Sea 933,859 203,367 -730,492 -366,257 -146,587 -24,419 -15,228 -3,575
Barents Sea 645,917 110,363 -535,554 17,597 17,996 12,878 2,718 -1,792
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 92,943 -1,167,960 -200,665 -76,329 -44,615 -14,252 -192
Bering Sea 697,324 0 -697,324 -7,345 0 0 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 603,416 280,810 -322,606 -129,470 -71,727 -5,698 -3,902 772
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 6,332,381 -8,472,733 -1,869,915 -1,237,982 -633,738 -274,305 -123,033
NH (Average Loss per Day) -60,955 -66,783 -88,427 -90,534 -91,435 -123,033

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