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MASIE May 31 2014 – Arctic Ice Extent By Region As of Day 150

Published on May 31, 2014 by sunshinehours11 Comment

May 31 2014 MASIE Update

This is the gain/loss up to day 150. Negative = loss. Sorted with biggest loser in last 7 days at top. Northern Hemisphere is the grand total.

While melting resumed in many regions over the last one day, over the last 3 days daily melt was only -9,229 sq km per day.

The Greenland Sea continues to climb.

Region	Start	End	Last 62	Last 28	Last 14	Last 7	Last 3	Last 1
Greenland Sea	603,416	655,024	51,609	4,140	-90	-106,985	18,233	13,181
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence	1,688,530	1,103,619	-584,912	-245,220	-69,982	-80,040	36,442	-7,578
Barents Sea	645,917	397,108	-248,810	-267,741	-108,359	-50,858	-27,296	-23,217
Laptev Sea	897,845	818,855	-78,990	-78,990	-74,487	-25,700	-10,619	-7,430
Canadian Archipelago	853,214	810,271	-42,943	-42,943	-23,912	-15,090	-4,928	-3,406
Kara Sea	933,859	869,825	-64,034	-65,198	-44,437	-14,481	-19,292	-9,079
Chukchi Sea	966,006	903,001	-63,005	-49,419	-23,794	-11,676	-15,364	-6,480
Sea of Okhotsk	853,240	72,328	-780,912	-172,684	-34,867	-8,824	-608	1,685
Bering Sea	697,324	110,295	-587,029	-259,246	-112,201	-7,340	-4,777	-5,541
Central Arctic	3,221,921	3,241,348	19,427	-6,665	-5,400	-5,418	-2,634	-290
Hudson Bay	1,260,903	1,225,457	-35,446	-25,002	6,010	-5,232	-5,008	-6,607
Beaufort Sea	1,070,445	1,066,643	-3,802	-3,802	16,656	-495	539	-280
Baltic Sea	15,337	0	-15,337	-8,219	0	0	0	0
Yellow Sea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
East Siberian Sea	1,087,137	1,034,287	-52,850	-52,850	-52,850	13,387	7,625	248

Northern Hemisphere (Total)	14,805,115	12,309,541	-2,495,574	-1,274,566	-527,729	-318,446	-27,687	-54,792

NH (Average Loss per Day)			-39,612	-45,520	-37,695	-45,492	-9,229	-54,792

Whitehouse Admits Warmer Weather Best For Economy

Published on May 30, 2014May 30, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

The White House admitted yesterday that warmer weather is better for the US GDP. (A very slight exaggeration on my part)

“3. The first quarter of 2014 was marked by unusually severe winter weather, including record cold temperatures and snowstorms, which explains part of the difference in GDP growth relative to previous quarters. The left chart shows the quarterly deviation in heating degree days from its average for the same quarter over the previous five years. By this measure, the first quarter of 2014 was the third most unusually cold quarter over the last sixty years, behind only the first quarter of 1978 and the fourth quarter of 1976. “

There is some question whether there numbers are correct as this blog post discusses.

The NOAA suggests Q1 had the 9th lowest heating degree days (not the asserted 3rd)

But I think we can all agree that if more “Heating Degree Days” is bad for the GDP as the White House assets, then fewer “Heating Degree Days” would be better for the economy.

And therefore “Global Warming” is better for the US GDP.

We certainly don’t want to damage the economy by returning to the late 1970’s when “Heating Degree Days” went through the roof! That would be a disaster for the US economy.

Hurrah!

Sea Ice Update May 30 2014

Published on May 30, 2014 by sunshinehours12 Comments

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 149 of 2014:

Global Sea Ice Extent is 639,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,150,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -511,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean.

NOAA Data here and here here.

Graphs below. Click for bigger.

London’s Dirty Secret: Pollution Worse Than Beijing’s

Published on May 29, 2014 by sunshinehours12 Comments

The AGW Cult is making air pollution worse.

“European Union efforts to fight climate change favored diesel fuel over gasoline because it emits less carbon dioxide, or CO2. However, diesel’s contaminants have swamped benefits from measures that include a toll drivers pay to enter central London, a thriving bike-hire program and growing public-transport network.

“Successive governments knew more than 10 years ago that diesel was producing all these harmful pollutants, but they myopically plowed on with their CO2 agenda,” said Simon Birkett, founder of Clean Air in London, a nonprofit group. “It’s been a catastrophe for air pollution, and that’s not too strong a word. It’s a public-health catastrophe.””

“Nitrogen dioxide is a problem that you get in all big cities with a lot of traffic,” said Alberto Gonzalez Ortiz, project manager for air quality at the European Environment Agency, which is based in Copenhagen. “In many cases it’s gotten worse because of the new fleets of diesel cars.”

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Sea Ice Update May 28 2014

Published on May 28, 2014May 28, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 147 of 2014:

Global Sea Ice Extent is 721,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Big drop over the last few days because Antarctica slowed down.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,214,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. 80th daily record for 2014.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -493,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean.

NOAA Data here and here here.

Graphs below. Click for bigger.

VANCOUVER HARBOUR CS May 25 (1958 – 2014)

Published on May 27, 2014May 27, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

I thought it was a little cold on Sunday (May 25) so I thought I would take a look at the daily data for a weather station near me using Environment Canada’s web service.

I picked VANCOUVER HARBOUR CS which is in the harbour in Vancouver BC.

It turns out May 25 was the 6th coldest maximum temperature since 1958 (the start of the data) and the coldest since 1998. It was also the 9th warmest minimum.

Remember, this is just one day’s data for 56 years. But there isn’t much of a CO2 signal is there? (Click graph for larger)

Sea Ice Update May 27 2014 – Global Sea 827,000 sq km Above ‘Normal’

Published on May 27, 2014 by sunshinehours12 Comments

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 146 of 2014:

Global Sea Ice Extent is 827,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,281,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. 79th daily record for 2014.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -454,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean.

NOAA Data here and here here.

Graphs below. Click for bigger.

MASIE May 25 2014 – Arctic Ice Extent By Region As of Day 144

Published on May 25, 2014May 25, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

May 25 2014 MASIE Update

This is the gain/loss up to day 144. Negative = loss. Sorted with biggest loser in last 7 days at top. Northern Hemisphere is the grand total.

I’ve added a “NH (Average Loss per Day)” line to the bottom of the table. The interesting figure is that even though a lot of ice melted over the last 1 day, very little melted over the last 3 days: -7,232/day

Region	Start	End	Last 56	Last 28	Last 14	Last 7	Last 3	Last 1
Barents Sea	645,917	426,330	-219,587	-197,492	-161,324	-69,343	-5,468	-21,635
East Siberian Sea	1,087,137	1,020,900	-66,237	-66,237	-66,237	-66,237	-9,601	0
Bering Sea	697,324	116,770	-580,554	-348,719	-187,839	-50,274	4,780	-866
Laptev Sea	897,845	844,555	-53,290	-53,290	-48,104	-48,787	-8,963	0
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence	1,688,530	1,159,590	-528,941	-348,384	-82,592	-40,205	-29,385	-24,069
Sea of Okhotsk	853,240	68,004	-785,236	-330,041	-74,417	-36,163	-13,934	-13,148
Kara Sea	933,859	877,476	-56,383	-57,547	-49,337	-35,799	-9,626	-6,829
Chukchi Sea	966,006	914,677	-51,329	-51,329	-38,707	-14,015	-2,244	0
Canadian Archipelago	853,214	823,129	-30,085	-30,085	-9,967	-10,396	1,002	-2,232
Baltic Sea	15,337	0	-15,337	-8,172	-8,065	0	0	0
Yellow Sea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Central Arctic	3,221,921	3,246,766	24,844	-1,247	-1,247	18	72	0
Beaufort Sea	1,070,445	1,069,505	-940	-940	-940	16,478	4,165	2,367
Hudson Bay	1,260,903	1,235,572	-25,331	-25,331	15,864	18,058	3,072	4,883
Greenland Sea	603,416	736,975	133,559	94,070	136,343	29,406	44,112	-25,034

Northern Hemisphere (Total)	14,805,115	12,541,745	-2,263,370	-1,425,454	-576,650	-306,971	-21,697	-86,242

NH (Average Loss per Day)			-39,708	-50,909	-41,189	-43,853	-7,232	-86,242

Sea Ice Update May 25 2014 – Global Sea Ice Still Skyrocketing

Published on May 25, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 144 of 2014:

Global Sea Ice Extent is 984,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,416,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. 77th daily record for 2014.
Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -433,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean.

NOAA Data here and here here.

Graphs below. Click for bigger.

MASIE May 23 2014 – Arctic Ice Extent By Region As of Day 142

Published on May 23, 2014 by sunshinehours11 Comment

May 23 2014 MASIE Update

This is the gain/loss up to day 42. Negative = loss. Sorted with biggest loser in last 7 days at top. Northern Hemisphere is the grand total.

Over the last day Arctic Sea Ice actually rose 71,918 sq km.

Greenland Sea is actually 128,906 higher than it was 54 days ago. Central Arctic is a little higher than 54 days ago.

Region	Start	End	Last 54	Last 28	Last 14	Last 7	Last 3	Last 1
Bering Sea	697,324	123,222	-574,102	-393,550	-241,699	-115,261	-22,203	11,232
Barents Sea	645,917	457,488	-188,429	-163,976	-223,226	-63,857	-48,336	25,690
East Siberian Sea	1,087,137	1,032,550	-54,587	-54,587	-54,587	-54,587	4,155	2,049
Kara Sea	933,859	888,854	-45,006	-46,170	-46,170	-39,891	-27,783	1,751
Laptev Sea	897,845	856,855	-40,990	-40,990	-40,990	-36,487	-28,395	3,337
Sea of Okhotsk	853,240	79,942	-773,298	-330,572	-86,154	-23,851	-13,813	-1,996
Canadian Archipelago	853,214	823,902	-29,312	-29,312	-24,790	-10,281	-9,624	1,774
Chukchi Sea	966,006	916,921	-49,085	-49,085	-35,691	-9,874	2,459	0
Central Arctic	3,221,921	3,246,693	24,772	-1,320	-1,320	-1,049	-126	0
Baltic Sea	15,337	0	-15,337	-8,356	-9,170	0	0	0
Yellow Sea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence	1,688,530	1,179,599	-508,931	-380,919	-75,117	5,981	-36,203	-9,376
Hudson Bay	1,260,903	1,230,482	-30,422	-30,422	-24,442	13,734	-825	-2,019
Beaufort Sea	1,070,445	1,065,340	-5,105	-5,105	8,745	15,352	12,764	0
Greenland Sea	603,416	732,322	128,906	88,573	113,953	97,131	19,995	39,459
Northern Hemisphere (Total)	14,805,115	12,635,360	-2,169,755	-1,446,806	-741,488	-223,244	-147,953	71,918