Category: Arctic Sea Ice

MASIE Arctic Sept 22 2014 – Still Melting

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Sept 22 2014  MASIE Update – Still Melting

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MASIE Central_Arctic Freeze.Melt as of 2014264

MASIE Northern_Hemisphere Freeze.Melt as of 2014264

MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-264

Region 177 days ago End Last 176 Last 28 Last 14 Last 7 Last 3 Last 1
Chukchi Sea 966,006 215,755 -750,251 -189,098 -65,776 -45,164 -24,438 -8,721
Central Arctic 3,221,921 2,933,830 -288,092 -46,701 -34,971 -26,185 -48,163 -7,557
Barents Sea 645,917 133,036 -512,881 1,457 8,337 -6,531 5,064 -4,247
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 653,286 -417,159 -57,986 -80,905 -69,105 -7,724 -3,617
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 458,783 -628,355 -101,278 -68,758 -25,010 -3,003 -1,390
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,688,530 17,649 -1,670,881 7,407 -361 6,496 -612 -596
Laptev Sea 897,845 1,086 -896,759 -20,338 -4,999 -946 91 -127
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 862 -1,260,041 -48,876 -19,487 -6,174 -860 0
Bering Sea 697,324 0 -697,324 0 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
Kara Sea 933,859 63,930 -869,929 -102,526 -32,286 -17,161 776 400
Greenland Sea 603,416 241,882 -361,534 -4,396 60,832 47,708 26,132 599
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 384,096 -469,119 -131,399 -119,679 -26,059 46,020 16,393
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 5,105,336 -9,699,779 -693,734 -358,052 -168,132 -6,718 -8,862
NH (Average Loss per Day) -54,801 -24,776 -25,575 -24,019 -2,239 -8,862

Arctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 22 2014 – 35,000 sq km Rise

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Arctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 22 2014 – -1,132,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 264. Data here.

I’ll go out on a limb and say summer is over in the Arctic. Minimum occurred on Sept 16 at 4.98 million sq km and is now 167,000 sq km above that minimum.

It didn’t disappear. Many are disappointed.

Day 259 was the minimum. The latest minimum was day 265 in 1989 and 2005 and the earliest minimum was day 245 in  1987.

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MASIE Arctic Sept 18 2014 – Medium Melt and Big Central Arctic Gain

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Sept 18 2014  MASIE Update – Medium Melt and Big Central Arctic Gain

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MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-260

MASIE Central_Arctic Freeze.Melt as of 2014260

MASIE Northern_Hemisphere Freeze.Melt as of 2014260

Region 173 days ago End Last 172 Last 28 Last 14 Last 7 Last 3 Last 1
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 331,660 -521,554 -179,370 -183,777 -155,477 -78,494 -41,581
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 678,465 -391,980 -25,262 -26,216 -54,770 -43,926 -16,862
Kara Sea 933,859 61,733 -872,126 -95,826 -58,235 -27,112 -19,357 -14,050
Chukchi Sea 966,006 241,117 -724,889 -184,543 -63,637 -41,078 -19,801 -11,512
Greenland Sea 603,416 213,914 -389,502 -34,885 -1,827 17,409 19,740 -6,533
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 4,135 -1,256,769 -55,008 -18,466 -8,650 -2,902 -3,229
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 461,992 -625,145 -126,523 -83,345 -73,217 -21,801 -3,169
Laptev Sea 897,845 887 -896,958 -18,177 -11,402 -908 -1,145 -36
Bering Sea 697,324 0 -697,324 0 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
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,688,530 18,284 -1,670,247 8,127 3,313 3,848 7,130 3,659
Barents Sea 645,917 131,777 -514,140 22,516 1,391 -6,385 -7,790 5,423
Central Arctic 3,221,921 2,981,795 -240,126 -47,345 -32,338 -11,856 21,781 31,627
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 5,126,902 -9,678,213 -736,295 -474,541 -357,926 -146,566 -56,264
NH (Average Loss per Day) -55,943 -26,296 -33,896 -51,132 -48,855 -56,264

MASIE Arctic Sept 15 2014 – Big Melting

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Sept 15 2014  MASIE Update – Big Melting (Unlike the NSIDC which showed a small gain)

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MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-257

MASIE Central_Arctic Freeze.Melt as of 2014257

MASIE Northern_Hemisphere Freeze.Melt as of 2014257

Region 170 days ago End Last 169 Last 28 Last 14 Last 7 Last 3 Last 1
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 410,154 -443,060 -113,390 -85,264 -93,621 -69,749 -49,456
Central Arctic 3,221,921 2,960,014 -261,907 -98,238 -55,263 -8,786 -41,586 -12,261
Greenland Sea 603,416 194,174 -409,241 -58,400 -20,178 13,124 3,858 -6,766
Kara Sea 933,859 81,091 -852,769 -119,512 -50,315 -15,125 -3,266 -5,227
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 483,793 -603,344 -149,103 -55,548 -43,748 -38,896 -5,178
Chukchi Sea 966,006 260,919 -705,087 -215,310 -63,991 -20,612 -13,466 -4,485
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 7,037 -1,253,867 -62,229 -31,724 -13,313 -5,748 -3,373
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,688,530 11,153 -1,677,377 -654 -6,326 -6,857 -3,283 -2,753
Barents Sea 645,917 139,567 -506,350 29,622 212 14,868 -95 -1,974
Laptev Sea 897,845 2,032 -895,813 -41,098 -25,041 -4,053 -17 -217
Bering Sea 697,324 0 -697,324 0 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
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 722,391 -348,054 -30,543 4,457 -11,800 -5,098 5,997
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 5,273,467 -9,531,647 -858,854 -388,980 -189,920 -177,074 -85,694
NH (Average Loss per Day) -56,069 -30,673 -27,784 -27,131 -59,025 -85,694