Category: Arctic Sea Ice

MASIE June 26 2014 – A One Day UnMelt

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June 26 2014  MASIE Update – After a week of big melt, a one day unmelt. (Data here)

Region Start End Last88 Last28 Last14 Last7 Last3 Last1
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 914,911 -345,992 -315,160 -255,235 -226,752 -142,208 -1,874
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,688,530 713,609 -974,922 -398,793 -190,431 -127,501 -86,078 14,372
Barents Sea 645,917 197,320 -448,597 -242,870 -74,119 -84,660 24,228 26,384
Greenland Sea 603,416 573,394 -30,022 -80,812 -53,118 -72,180 -51,166 22,530
Chukchi Sea 966,006 754,956 -211,050 -173,488 -109,672 -70,456 -26,210 6,477
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 947,843 -122,602 -118,262 -87,326 -67,417 -24,142 -3,417
Laptev Sea 897,845 659,614 -238,231 -166,966 -25,600 -41,957 -30,884 -14,793
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 756,012 -97,202 -58,464 -30,644 -26,186 -7,726 -2,185
Bering Sea 697,324 27,938 -669,385 -80,948 -49,091 -23,549 -8,879 -4,817
Sea of Okhotsk 853,240 32 -853,208 -71,193 -22,011 -16,241 0 0
Central Arctic 3,221,921 3,239,458 17,537 -2,233 -2,240 -2,837 -2,561 -3,349
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 1,032,748 -54,389 5,487 20,213 -1,725 -13,390 -2,186
Baltic Sea 15,337 0 -15,337 0 0 0 0 0
Yellow Sea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kara Sea 933,859 870,981 -62,878 -7,856 30,044 20,909 15,870 9,160
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 10,690,343 -4,114,771 -1,711,510 -849,231 -740,551 -353,146 46,301
NH (Average Loss per Day) -46,233 -61,125 -60,659 -105,793 -117,715 46,301

MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-176

Sea Ice Update June 25 2014 – Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,444,000 sq km Above ‘Normal’

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A quick update for sea ice extent for day 175 of 2014

  • Global Sea Ice Extent is 589,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 5 for the day.
  • Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,444,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day.
  • Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -856,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 32 for the day.

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Sea Ice Update June 23 2014 – Antarctic Climbing Even Higher – Global Still Above 1 SD

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A quick update for sea ice extent for day 173 of 2014

  • Global Sea Ice Extent is 696,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 4 for the day.
  • Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,499,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day. That is the 106th daily record for 2014.
  • Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -803,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 32 for the day.

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MASIE June 20 2014 – Arctic Sea Ice Up Over Last 7 Days

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June 20 2014  MASIE Update – According to MASIE Arctic Sea Ice is up 3,100 over the last 7 days mostly due to the 61,521 rise in last day.

While some the arctic is melting according to MASIE, some of it is growing over the last 7 days: Barents, Kara, Laptev, East Siberian and Greenland Sea.

Pretty amazing for this time in the melt season. DMI does have Arctic temperatures below normal.

Region Start End Last 82 Last 28 Last 14 Last 7 Last 3 Last 1
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 1,119,258 -141,645 -111,224 -50,148 -48,416 -21,491 -22,406
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,688,530 879,085 -809,446 -300,514 -144,901 -37,741 6,122 37,975
Bering Sea 697,324 45,557 -651,766 -77,664 -60,843 -23,404 -7,241 -5,930
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 1,015,139 -55,306 -50,201 -28,723 -18,103 -24,470 -121
Chukchi Sea 966,006 817,475 -148,531 -99,447 -51,996 -15,302 -29,339 -7,937
Sea of Okhotsk 853,240 14,729 -838,511 -65,213 -50,635 -11,649 -1,544 -1,544
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 782,198 -71,016 -41,704 -19,202 -1,516 -3,042 0
Central Arctic 3,221,921 3,242,295 20,374 -4,399 1,693 -949 -1,364 0
Baltic Sea 15,337 0 -15,337 0 0 0 0 0
Yellow Sea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barents Sea 645,917 265,967 -379,950 -191,521 -72,654 2,693 -9,850 -16,013
Kara Sea 933,859 862,375 -71,485 -26,479 -3,285 20,582 22,369 12,303
Laptev Sea 897,845 713,573 -184,272 -143,282 -14,040 22,417 9,362 12,002
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 1,042,709 -44,429 10,158 11,674 33,542 37,355 8,236
Greenland Sea 603,416 690,530 87,114 -41,792 61,702 80,945 9,953 44,956
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 11,492,415 -3,312,699 -1,142,945 -420,973 3,100 -13,180 61,521
NH (Average Loss per Day) -39,912 -40,819 -30,070 443 -4,393 61,521

MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-170

MASIE June 19 2014 – Arctic Slow Melting Last 7 Days

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June 19 2014  MASIE Update – Only –15,526 sq km per day melt over last 7 days.

Region Start End Last81 Last28 Last14 Last7 Last3 Last1
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,688,530 841,110 -847,421 -347,865 -183,069 -62,930 -26,068 4,125
Chukchi Sea 966,006 825,412 -140,594 -91,509 -51,561 -39,216 -21,402 -21,402
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 1,141,664 -119,240 -90,837 -47,369 -28,483 8,623 12,286
Bering Sea 697,324 51,488 -645,836 -60,502 -49,693 -25,542 -1,311 -1,311
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 1,015,260 -55,185 -50,080 -33,773 -19,909 -15,150 -25,184
Sea of Okhotsk 853,240 16,272 -836,967 -65,666 -53,107 -5,770 -5,020 0
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 782,198 -71,016 -39,930 -15,649 -4,458 379 868
Baltic Sea 15,337 0 -15,337 0 0 0 0 0
Yellow Sea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Central Arctic 3,221,921 3,242,295 20,374 -4,399 2,599 597 -1,364 -1,364
Kara Sea 933,859 850,072 -83,788 -37,031 -16,379 9,134 10,066 10,066
Barents Sea 645,917 281,980 -363,937 -149,818 -66,439 10,541 6,163 6,163
Laptev Sea 897,845 701,571 -196,274 -151,947 -38,056 16,358 -2,639 -2,639
Greenland Sea 603,416 645,574 42,158 -47,289 43,468 19,062 -22,097 -37,779
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 1,034,473 -52,664 3,971 3,746 21,938 29,119 29,119
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 11,430,895 -3,374,220 -1,132,547 -504,895 -108,679 -40,701 -27,053
NH (Average Loss per Day) -41,149 -40,448 -36,064 -15,526 -13,567 -27,053

MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-169

MASIE June 17 2014 – Arctic Sea Ice Up Over Last 3 Days

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June 17 2014  MASIE Update – According to MASIE Arctic Sea Ice is up 28,401 over the last 3 days

 

7 regions have a net gain for last 3 days. Greenland Sea is the big gainer.

Region Start End Last 79 Last 28 Last 14 Last 7 Last 3 Last 1
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,688,530 872,963 -815,568 -342,840 -172,753 -51,216 -28,850 5,785
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 1,140,749 -120,154 -90,558 -80,991 -47,516 -32,539 7,709
Bering Sea 697,324 52,799 -644,525 -92,626 -50,482 -41,676 -16,162 0
Chukchi Sea 966,006 846,814 -119,192 -67,648 -37,922 -18,060 16,608 0
Kara Sea 933,859 840,006 -93,854 -76,631 -34,108 -13,967 1,559 0
Sea of Okhotsk 853,240 16,272 -836,967 -77,483 -32,293 -9,492 -3,419 -5,020
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 1,005,353 -81,784 -23,042 -25,952 -8,627 -1,563 0
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 785,240 -67,974 -48,285 -22,230 -7,658 1,926 3,421
Baltic Sea 15,337 0 -15,337 0 0 0 0 0
Yellow Sea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barents Sea 645,917 275,816 -370,101 -230,008 -101,902 171 11,868 0
Central Arctic 3,221,921 3,243,659 21,738 -3,161 3,853 1,703 -39 0
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 1,039,609 -30,836 -12,967 -16,747 5,347 8,047 9,199
Laptev Sea 897,845 704,210 -193,634 -181,040 -39,909 18,180 13,055 0
Greenland Sea 603,416 680,576 77,161 -31,751 58,656 46,977 57,910 12,906
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 11,505,595 -3,299,520 -1,277,718 -552,395 -125,448 28,401 33,999
NH (Average Loss per Day) -41,244 -45,633 -39,457 -17,921 9,467 33,999

MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-167

Sea Ice Update June 17 2014 – 100th Daily Record For Antarctica / Global Sea Ice Higher Than One Standard Deviation

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A quick update for sea ice extent for day 167 of 2014

  • Global Sea Ice Extent is 715,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 5 for the day. And above the 1 standard deviation mark.
  • Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,281,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day. That is also the 100th daily record in 2014 out of 167 days.
  • Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -567,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 31 for the day.

NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

 

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MASIE Arctic June 15 2014 – Melt Slows Down A Little Over Last 3 Days

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June 15 2014  MASIE Update – Laptev Sea and Greenland Sea and Central Arctic are the three gainers over the last week. 

Thanks to those small gains, the melt has slowed down just a little to -32,825 per day over last 3 days. The average for the last 28 days is -50,272 per day.

Region Start End Last77 Last28 Last14 Last7 Last3 Last1
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,688,530 874,825 -813,705 -324,970 -194,710 -110,946 -29,215 -26,987
Barents Sea 645,917 259,620 -386,297 -236,053 -127,835 -78,608 -11,819 -4,328
Sea of Okhotsk 853,240 17,969 -835,271 -86,198 -54,150 -59,825 -4,073 -1,722
Bering Sea 697,324 60,292 -637,031 -106,752 -47,382 -39,056 -16,737 -8,669
Kara Sea 933,859 836,428 -97,432 -76,848 -40,492 -33,265 -4,510 -2,019
Chukchi Sea 966,006 831,093 -134,913 -97,599 -75,415 -31,760 -33,534 888
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 1,007,598 -79,539 -79,539 -27,456 -23,661 -4,937 681
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 1,155,003 -105,901 -62,511 -63,651 -22,434 -15,144 -18,286
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 782,534 -70,680 -50,991 -27,199 -17,379 -4,122 -780
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 1,031,227 -39,218 -21,800 -33,859 -6,667 -3,942 -335
Baltic Sea 15,337 0 -15,337 0 0 0 0 0
Yellow Sea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Laptev Sea 897,845 707,490 -190,354 -185,852 -105,157 3,075 22,277 16,335
Central Arctic 3,221,921 3,243,698 21,776 -3,050 2,386 3,169 1,999 0
Greenland Sea 603,416 631,794 28,379 -75,775 -8,538 9,800 5,283 9,128
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 11,441,099 -3,364,015 -1,407,617 -803,072 -407,171 -98,474 -36,094
NH (Average Loss per Day) -43,128 -50,272 -57,362 -58,167 -32,825 -36,094

MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-165