MASIE Arctic Sep 2 2014 – Melting Has Stopped For 2 Days

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Sep 2 2014  MASIE Update – Melting has stopped for 2 days

Data here.  Click for bigger.

MASIE Northern_Hemisphere Freeze.Melt as of 2014244

MASIE Central_Arctic Freeze.Melt as of 2014244

MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-244

Region 157 days ago End Last 156 Last 28 Last 14 Last 7 Last 3 Last 1
Chukchi Sea 966,006 310,781 -655,225 -272,835 -140,273 -94,780 -35,052 -14,128
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 27,437 -1,233,467 -118,835 -48,542 -22,301 -14,827 -11,324
Kara Sea 933,859 126,637 -807,222 -156,230 -50,304 -37,917 -10,217 -4,768
Laptev Sea 897,845 23,968 -873,876 -174,345 -14,258 4,246 -1,189 -3,104
Barents Sea 645,917 137,333 -508,584 47,041 23,606 75 1,513 -2,023
Central Arctic 3,221,921 3,014,929 -206,992 -183,800 -33,133 23,529 13,836 -348
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 18,220 -1,670,310 -40,563 8,444 798 3,767 741
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 719,419 -351,026 -131,590 -21,198 7,301 1,100 1,485
Greenland Sea 603,416 216,699 -386,716 -129,315 -34,501 -29,130 -9,463 2,347
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 544,936 -542,201 -341,332 -69,682 -1,791 17,434 5,595
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 522,941 -330,273 -136,823 2,661 8,992 13,815 27,523
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 5,664,444 -9,140,671 -1,638,628 -377,181 -140,980 -19,281 1,996
NH (Average Loss per Day) -58,221 -58,522 -26,942 -20,140 -6,427 1,996

NOAA – 114 Low Max Records Broken and 51 Tied From Aug 25 to Aug 31. Some records broken by 11F

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114 Low Max Records Broken and 51 Tied From Aug 25 to Aug 31 according to the NOAA.

A “Low Max” means that the maximum temperatures for the day was the lowest it has ever been. This indicates daytime cooling.

Below is a screenshot showing location and the biggest difference between old record and new record.

The list is just the ones I could capture in a screenshot.

LowMAX_Aug_25_Aug_31_2014

 

Antarctica , Sea Ice, Ice Sheets and Wind Excuses

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Over at the LA Times they are making excuses for why there is record breaking sea ice in Antarctica.

One of the excuses is that “global warming is strengthening circumpolar winds”.  There is very little evidence that “global warming” would actually increase wind. Any change in winds is tenuous and could be cyclic.

However, the trouble with that excuse is that an increase (or change caused by cycles like the AMO/PDO etc)  in circumpolar wind in Antarctica would prevent snow accumulation and cause ablation of the ice surface which would then appear as “melting” and it would be nothing of the sort.

Antarctica Ablation

http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v6/n5/full/ngeo1766.html

 

MASIE Arctic Aug 31 2014 – Infill Edition

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Aug 31 2014  MASIE Update – The data for day 241 us missing because of the data glitch on 30-Aug-2014. I have infilled with a guess using the formula (Day 240 + Day 242) / 2

 

Data here.  Click for bigger.

MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-242

MASIE Central_Arctic Freeze.Melt as of 2014242

MASIE Northern_Hemisphere Freeze.Melt as of 2014242

Region 155 days ago End Last 154 Last 28 Last 14 Last 7 Last 3 Last 1
Chukchi Sea 966,006 322,273 -643,733 -273,253 -152,628 -82,580 -47,546 -23,560
Greenland Sea 603,416 214,362 -389,053 -137,668 -52,481 -30,460 -28,937 -11,800
Barents Sea 645,917 125,481 -520,436 30,863 12,611 -11,729 -26,084 -10,339
Kara Sea 933,859 132,148 -801,711 -183,939 -54,982 -37,843 -18,547 -4,706
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 505,283 -347,932 -172,939 -22,496 -6,741 -269 -3,843
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 717,347 -353,098 -136,302 -46,463 6,076 -5,861 -972
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 41,866 -1,219,037 -113,002 -45,855 -8,017 -9,579 -397
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 14,462 -1,674,068 -58,086 1,865 4,220 18 9
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 528,474 -558,664 -367,032 -100,198 -45,079 -7,241 971
Laptev Sea 897,845 27,175 -870,670 -185,864 -21,211 1,962 2,048 2,018
Central Arctic 3,221,921 3,010,793 -211,128 -194,195 -58,087 -3,742 29,060 9,700
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 5,640,806 -9,164,308 -1,791,416 -539,924 -213,934 -112,939 -42,919
NH (Average Loss per Day) -59,125 -63,979 -38,566 -30,562 -37,646 -42,919