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Sea Ice Update March 29 2014 – Global Sea Ice Is 582,000 sq km Above Normal

Published on March 29, 2014March 29, 2014 by sunshinehours11 Comment

A quick update for sea ice extent:

Global Sea Ice is 582,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
Antarctic Sea Ice is 1,162,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. 2nd highest for this day and only 35,000 sq km short of the daily record. And still climbing fast enough to break the daily record in 1 or 2 days.
Arctic Sea Ice is 581,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean.

Data here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

Comparing Sea Ice Extent Day of Minimum/Maximum From 1979-2013

Published on March 27, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

I have made 3 graphs for Antarctic/Global/Arctic Sea Ice Extent comparing the Day when the maximum ice occurred to the day the minimum ice occurred.

I am using anomalies from the 1979-2013 mean. 2014 is left out because it hasn’t finished yet.

Red is day of maximum and blue is day of minimum.

The items that stood out for me are:

Arctic 1999 and 2010 day of maximum which are 21 and 22 days above the mean. That is 10 more days later the other latest maximums.

Antarctic Day of Minimum has barely changed since 1999. Only a slight fluctuation up and down by 2 days or so.

Sea Ice Update March 26 2014 – Antarctic Sea Ice Is 930,000 sq km Above Normal

Published on March 26, 2014 by sunshinehours12 Comments

A quick update for sea ice extent:

Global Sea Ice is 330,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
Antarctic Sea Ice is 931,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. For two days in a row Antarctic Sea Ice has been 2nd highest for the that day.
Arctic Sea Ice is only 600,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. And Arctic Sea Ice Extent probably reached its maximum for 2014 on March 20. That would be the 5th lowest in the satellite era.

Data here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Update – 3rd Highest For This Day

Published on March 23, 2014March 23, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is just under the 2013 track and slowly closing in. Extent is 887,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean, about 20% above.

Sea Ice Update March 21 2014 – Global Sea Ice Is 430,000 sq km Above Normal

Published on March 21, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

A quick update for sea ice extent:

Global Sea Ice is 430,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
Antarctic Sea Ice is 800,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. 3rd highest for this day.
Arctic Sea Ice is only 317,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is 130,000 sq km inside the one standard deviation mark.

Data here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

Sea Ice Update March 19 2014 – Arctic Sea Ice Within One Standard Deviation of the Mean

Published on March 19, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

A quick update for sea ice extent:

Global Sea Ice is 357,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
Antarctic Sea Ice is 730,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. For 2014, that is 77 days out of 77 in the Top 5. Day 77 was 3rd highest for that day.
Arctic Sea Ice is only 373,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is 43,000 sq km inside the one standard deviation mark.

Data here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

Sea Ice Update March 17 2014 – Global Sea Ice Is 280,000 sq km Above the Mean

Published on March 17, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

After two days with no data from NSIDC , a quick update for sea ice extent:

Global Sea Ice is 280,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
Antarctic Sea Ice is 730,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
Arctic Sea Ice is only 460,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is the smallest anomaly of 2014. It is also only 4800 sq km below the one standard deviation mark.

Data here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

Sea Ice Update March 16 2014 – No Data From NSIDC

Published on March 16, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

NSIDC has not updated their sea ice data for 2 days. I’m not sure what is going on. St Patrick’s Day Holiday Weekend? 🙂

Temperatures north of 80 have been yo-yoing up and down and currently are near “normal” according to DMI.

Sea Ice Update March 13 2014 – Global Sea Ice Is Normal / Antarctic 4th Highest / Arctic Up 250,000 km in 2 days

Published on March 13, 2014March 13, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

A quick update for sea ice extent:

Global Sea Ice is only 152,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is 0.8% abovethe mean.
Antarctic Sea Ice is 806,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is 22% above the mean and 4th highest in the satellite era.
Arctic Sea Ice is 654,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is 4.2% below the mean . Arctic Sea Ice rose 250,000 sq km in 2 days.

Data here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

Sea Ice Update March 7 2014 – Global Sea Ice Ice 194,000 sq km Above Mean

Published on March 7, 2014 by sunshinehours12 Comments

A quick update for sea ice extent:

Global Sea Ice is 194,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is 1% above the mean.
Antarctic Sea Ice is 835,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is 25.6% above the mean.
Arctic Sea Ice is 640,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is 4.2% below the mean .

Data here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.