Arctic Sea Ice Extent Stats For 2013

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2013 was a well below average year for Arctic Sea Ice Extent .

Max Extent of 15.16969 For Whole Year Occurred On Day: 73 March 14
Max Anomaly For Whole Year Occurred On Day: 145 May 25 = -0.05969577
Max Anomaly % For Whole Year Occurred On Day: 145 May 25 = -0.4662094
Mean Anomaly For Whole Year: = -0.6446271

2013 was ranked 30th out of 36 years for average anomaly above the 1981-2010 mean – just below 2009, but 530,000 sq km above 2012.

30 2013 -0.64
31 2005 -0.66
32 2006 -0.79
33 2010 -0.86
34 2011 -1.08
35 2007 -1.09
36 2012 -1.17

There were zero daily records set and no 2nd places.

Number of daily records sorted by Top 2

Year First Second Top 2
1982 54 69 123
1983 48 38 86
1980 42 39 81
1979 59 19 78
1992 22 54 76
1996 39 17 56
1981 26 12 38
1988 6 29 35
1978 24 5 29
1987 5 23 28
1985 15 12 27
1986 15 9 24
1989 7 11 18
1993 4 13 17

Here are the key stats for each year. Min/Max/Anomaly in millions sq km.

Year Min Max day of Max day of Min Avg Anomaly
1979 6.89236 16.56457 60 264 0.75
1980 7.52476 16.25042 65 249 0.76
1981 6.88784 15.71365 73 253 0.56
1982 7.15423 16.27475 58 256 0.87
1983 7.19145 16.33207 73 251 0.76
1984 6.39916 15.76157 78 260 0.34
1985 6.4799 16.11716 76 250 0.42
1986 7.12351 16.11934 69 249 0.63
1987 6.89159 16.21724 52 245 0.7
1988 7.04905 16.24163 70 255 0.6
1989 6.88931 15.72295 65 265 0.4
1990 6.0191 16.21077 71 264 0.12
1991 6.26027 15.58803 56 259 0.18
1992 7.16324 15.53258 72 251 0.53
1993 6.15699 16.00491 72 249 0.35
1994 6.92645 15.72226 61 248 0.44
1995 5.98945 15.32238 59 252 -0.16
1996 7.15283 15.42074 52 254 0.26
1997 6.61353 15.63647 79 246 0.1
1998 6.29922 16.02091 56 260 0.19
1999 5.68009 15.55755 89 255 0.12
2000 5.9442 15.44482 63 255 -0.07
2001 6.56774 15.66664 63 262 0.03
2002 5.62456 15.57345 68 256 -0.2
2003 5.97198 15.58678 80 260 -0.17
2004 5.77608 15.25548 70 263 -0.33
2005 5.31832 14.94615 71 265 -0.66
2006 5.74877 14.73298 70 257 -0.79
2007 4.1607 14.78963 69 257 -1.09
2008 4.55469 15.30522 58 262 -0.59
2009 5.05488 15.16275 61 255 -0.63
2010 4.59918 15.28449 90 262 -0.86
2011 4.33028 14.67084 66 251 -1.08
2012 3.36973 15.25102 64 260 -1.17
2013 5.07939 15.16969 73 252 -0.64

The Year End Graph.

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Antarctic Clown Convention HAD to Know The Ice Was Thick Way Back in October

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The bunch of clowns on the MV Akademik Shokalskiy had to have known the ice was highest it has ever been. And the BBC propaganda arm still claims the voyage was to study “melting ice”.

Way back on October 16 2013 the Antarctic supply ship Aurora Australis set sail for summer season and they were interviewed:

“Voyage leader Tony Foy has told Radio National the weather forecast was not good for the start of the journey and there was a lot of ice to get through.

“We’re expecting thick sea ice on the way, but as I told the expeditioners yesterday they’ll get the full Southern Ocean experience which I’m sure they’ll all want,” he said.

“Microwave data we got last week shows the ice concentration this year is as high as it’s been since we started taking readings back in the late 70s.

“I think we can expect it to be pretty slow when we hit the ice edge.”

BBC January 2 2014:

“Despite being trapped, the scientists continued their experiments, measuring temperature and salinity through cracks in the surrounding ice.

One of the aims was to track how quickly the Antarctic’s sea ice was disappearing.”

(h/t EUreferendum)

Global Sea Ice Extent Stats For 2013

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2013 was an average year for Global Sea Ice Extent (thanks to it being a banner year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent)

The average daily anomaly  was 200,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That would be 15th highest since 1979.

Max Extent of 27.4959 million sq km For Whole Year Occurred On Day: 306 November 2
Max Anomaly For Whole Year Occurred On Day: 353 December 19 = 0.9459423  million sq km
Max Anomaly % For Whole Year Occurred On Day: 73 March 14 = 4.72%

There were zero daily records set and no 2nd places.

Here are the key stats for each year. Min/Max/Anomaly in millions sq km.

Year Min Max day of Max day of Min Avg Anomaly
1979 19.09222 27.48859 176 38 0.79
1980 18.5996 28.11968 289 57 0.37
1981 18.18091 27.48105 291 45 0.35
1982 18.76482 27.83626 306 42 0.85
1983 18.84029 27.89772 307 47 0.5
1984 17.71544 27.18759 316 40 0.13
1985 17.92867 27.61347 306 50 0.37
1986 18.80319 27.00445 317 45 0.08
1987 18.98408 27.15319 317 46 0.46
1988 18.15105 27.88244 319 45 0.46
1989 18.00758 27.50341 299 48 0.17
1990 18.3706 27.36396 294 45 -0.12
1991 17.96976 27.05178 309 63 0.07
1992 17.95822 27.58992 322 60 0.29
1993 17.84281 27.99757 310 57 0.12
1994 18.57179 27.97479 309 43 0.56
1995 18.49688 27.11473 306 45 -0.01
1996 17.79264 27.46173 293 57 0.39
1997 17.65372 27.04273 310 57 -0.17
1998 18.47935 27.58827 297 47 0.27
1999 17.94246 27.58386 306 62 0.23
2000 17.5882 26.93691 302 49 0.04
2001 18.52515 26.75864 319 38 0.05
2002 18.08847 26.81604 297 55 -0.64
2003 18.72494 27.09882 306 43 0.14
2004 18.31746 27.09686 316 51 -0.01
2005 17.07721 27.37923 308 38 -0.62
2006 16.7209 27.09882 298 30 -0.99
2007 17.21196 26.24784 308 47 -1.05
2008 18.43071 27.30686 310 46 0
2009 17.43751 26.17157 303 53 -0.24
2010 17.39862 26.71555 313 42 -0.4
2011 16.74368 26.17913 307 42 -1.24
2012 17.82476 25.90133 313 51 -0.81
2013 18.21356 27.4959 306 37 0.2

The Year End Graph.

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Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Stats For 2013

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2013 was a banner year for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. I enjoy my small role in publicizing this data because the “climate science” profession prefers to ignore Antarctic Sea Ice. Of course it is a little harder for the MSM to ignore Antarctica this year when a ship of “scientists” searching for publicity about lower sea ice caused by “global warming” get stuck in the ice.

The highest maximum for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent of all time was set on October 1st 2013.

The highest average anomaly for a year occurred in 2013. 2013 averaged 850,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.

In 2013, the highest extent ever in each month occurred in July, August, September, October and November.

2013 now has the 2nd highest number of daily records (behind 2008).  2013 also has by far the most “Top 2” days in a year. Only 1979 is left in the list of daily records from before 2000.

Year First Second Top 2
2013 108 149 257
2008 121 29 150
2010 90 42 132
2009 8 33 41
2012 8 22 30
2006 1 26 27
1979 2 12 14
2000 4 3 7
2004 3 4 7

Here are the key stats for each year. Min/Max/Anomaly in millions sq km.

Year Min Max day of Max day of Min Avg Anomaly
1979 2.91521 18.36699 256 48 0.04
1980 2.52686 19.09137 267 57 -0.39
1981 2.69524 18.85906 261 51 -0.21
1982 2.8927 18.55004 246 52 -0.02
1983 2.84656 18.81042 263 55 -0.25
1984 2.38292 18.37747 266 58 -0.2
1985 2.60211 18.93215 254 50 -0.04
1986 2.95395 18.02672 261 65 -0.55
1987 3.01642 18.52332 258 52 -0.24
1988 2.63862 18.78456 277 55 -0.14
1989 2.7229 18.27368 266 51 -0.23
1990 2.78435 18.3788 273 53 -0.24
1991 2.55355 18.66993 273 58 -0.11
1992 2.49238 18.4663 255 54 -0.24
1993 2.28078 18.709 263 50 -0.23
1994 3.08286 18.8266 243 43 0.12
1995 3.32988 18.7353 269 55 0.15
1996 2.59733 18.83039 267 56 0.13
1997 2.26415 18.79094 265 58 -0.26
1998 2.7715 19.2433 258 56 0.08
1999 2.70723 18.98068 273 51 0.11
2000 2.58248 19.15817 272 49 0.11
2001 3.44094 18.49324 271 50 0.02
2002 2.69691 18.11556 252 51 -0.43
2003 3.6257 18.67907 268 48 0.32
2004 3.25927 19.12341 252 51 0.32
2005 2.80387 19.29451 272 49 0.04
2006 2.4866 19.35934 264 51 -0.19
2007 2.7227 19.08545 272 50 0.03
2008 3.69176 18.29726 247 51 0.6
2009 2.67096 19.29864 267 53 0.39
2010 2.8422 18.9968 249 47 0.45
2011 2.31884 18.95328 266 53 -0.15
2012 3.11109 19.47713 266 54 0.36
2013 3.6504 19.57088 274 50 0.85

End of Year Graph

Antarctic_Sea_Ice_Extent_2013_Day_365_1981-2010

Andy Revkin Annoyed With “Climate Change Contrarians” Being “Energized”

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Andy Revkin has posted an attack on the researchers who sailed into infamy in the Antarctic on the ill-fated MV Akademik Shokalskiy.

He is using terms like “bungled trip” , “unessential expedition” ,  “misadventure”,  “distraction from serious research”  and “tarnish the wider field of Antarctic science”.

But reading between the lines, it is clear to me what Revkin is really trying to say.

1) He has never gone to Antarctica and therefore managed to avoid reporting on record sea ice in Antarctica.

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2) The attention brought to record sea ice in Antarctica has “energized climate change contrarians“.

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I would translate the term “distraction from serious research” as meaning “brought attention to the wrong pole” … the one with record sea ice.

If the bunglers in charge of the expedition had found open water and managed to blame it on climate change, he would have jumped in with both feet trumpeting their success.

 

 

 

 

 

Global Sea Ice Extent 900,000 sq km Above 1981-2010 Mean

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Did you know Global Sea Ice Extent is 900,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean?

Yes, Arctic Sea Ice Extent is 580,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean.

But Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1.47 million sq km above the 1981-2010 mean (the 2nd highest on this day ever).

Global_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2013_Day_363_1981-2010

Arctic_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2013_Day_363_1981-2010

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Arctic Sea Ice Volume Up 50% From 2012

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Arctic Sea Ice Volume in 2013 Up 50%. (h/t NorthWest Passage 2013 blog)

“Measurements from ESA’s CryoSat satellite show that the volume of Arctic sea ice has significantly increased this autumn.

The volume of ice measured this autumn is about 50% higher compared to last year.

In October 2013, CryoSat measured about 9000 cubic km of sea ice – a notable increase compared to 6000 cubic km in October 2012.”

“90% of the increase is due to growth of multiyear ice”

“This year’s multiyear ice is now on average about 20%, or around 30 cm, thicker than last year.”

“the volume of ice year-to-year was not varying anything like as much as the ice extent”

 

 

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent – End of 2013 Report Preview

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Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is currently running at 1.48 million sq km above the 1981-2010 mean.

Here is a preview of the end of the year stats.

As of yesterdays data, the mean for the whole year is .84 million sq km, which will easily break the previous record of .59 million sq km set in 2008.

The maximum daily anomaly of 1.67 million sq km was set on December 20 which is pretty remarkable considering that is the start of summer.

The maximum anomaly percent was 33.5% which was set on March 10. The 1981-2010 mean for that day is 3.5 million sq km., but on March 10 the extent hit 4.7 million sq km.

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10 Feet Thick Ice Stops Icebreaker in Antarctic

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The Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy has been stuck in the Antarctic Ice since Monday. The Chinese Ice Breaker  Xue Long, or Snow Dragon got within six miles and it too was stopped by thick ice.

“It got stuck in the ice on Monday night — 15 days after setting out on the second leg of its research trip.

According to Turney, the ship was surrounded by ice up to nearly 10 feet (3 meters) thick. It was about 100 nautical miles east of the French base Dumont D’Urville, about 1,500 nautical miles south of Hobart, Tasmania.

The Russian expedition ship is carrying scientists and passengers led by an Australian climate change professor.”

I find it ironic the “climate change professor” led the ship and passengers into 10 foot thick ice. He’s kind of thick. But maybe 10 feet thick ice in the summer is unusual?