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Arctic Sea Ice Extent Sept 19 2014 – 51,000 sq km Rise

Published on September 19, 2014September 19, 2014 by sunshinehours13 Comments

Arctic Sea Ice Extent Sept 19 2014 – -1,187,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 261. Data here.

Looking even better for Day 259 to have been the minimum since it is now 80,000 lower than today (261).

Antarctic Sea Ice AREA Resumes Skyrocketing Climb – Day 259

Published on September 19, 2014September 19, 2014 by sunshinehours16 Comments

Antarctic Sea Ice Area has now resumed the skyrocketing climb after a short pause (difference between Area/Extent here)

Another day another 100,000 sq km. Mind boggling.

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

Published on September 18, 2014September 18, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

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

Data here. Click for bigger.

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

Arctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 18 2014 – A Rise of 27,000 sq km

Published on September 18, 2014 by sunshinehours11 Comment

Arctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 18 2014 – -1,179,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 260. Data here.

A Rise of 27,000 sq km, Day 259 with 4.98339 million sq km is now the potential minimum (but I make no predictions since it has been a surprising year).

Arctic/Antarctic Mirror Graph Day 260

Published on September 18, 2014 by sunshinehours110 Comments

For those who say Antarctic Sea Ice Extent increases are small and have nothing in common with Arctic losses:

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sept 18 2014 – 20 MILLION sq km

Published on September 18, 2014September 18, 2014 by sunshinehours18 Comments

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sept 18 2014 – 1,500,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 260. Data here.

500,000 sq km higher than 2013’s record.

Amazing.

Antarctic Sea Ice AREA – Day 258 – Sets 3rd All-Time Record In A Row – But Only by 600 sq km

Published on September 18, 2014September 18, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

Antarctic Sea Ice Area has now set a 3rd all-time record on 3 days. (difference between Area/Extent here)

The new record for area is 16.47964 million sq km which is 85,000 sq km higher than the previous days record and 240,000 sq km higher than the old 2007 record.