Antarctic Sea Ice – Page 167

Antarctic Sea Ice AREA Near All-Time Record Too – Day 255 – 29,600 sq km Short of All-Time Record

Published on September 15, 2014September 16, 2014 by sunshinehours12 Comments

Update: An all-time record was set the next day

I usually graph Sea Ice Extent. Every once in a while I graph Sea Ice Area.

“A simplified way to think of extent versus area is to imagine a slice of swiss cheese. Extent would be a measure of the edges of the slice of cheese and all of the space inside it. Area would be the measure of where there is cheese only, not including the holes. That is why if you compare extent and area in the same time period, extent is always bigger.”

http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/faq/#area_extent

Antarctic Sea Ice Area is within 29,600 sq km of an all time record (which occurred in 2007 at 16.23238 million sq km).

Day 255 is 5th behind 2 days in 2007 and 2 days in 2012.

Chris Beal reminded me.

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sept 15 2014 – Another All-Time Record

Published on September 15, 2014September 16, 2014 by sunshinehours119 Comments

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sept 15 2014 – 1,224,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 257. Data here.

18,000 sq km higher than yesterdays record. And 170,000 sq km higher than 2013’s all-time record.

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 14 2014 – Amazing – Another All-Time Record

Published on September 14, 2014September 15, 2014 by sunshinehours110 Comments

Update: And another record

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sept 14 2014 – 1,191,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 256. Data here.

Amazing. Day 256 has broken the day 255 all-time record by 110,000 sq km. And the daily record from 2013 was broken by 230,000 sq km.

History making.

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sept 13 2014 – NEW ALL-TIME RECORD!!!!

Published on September 13, 2014September 15, 2014 by sunshinehours122 Comments

Update: A 3rd all-time record has been set

Update: Another record was set the next day.

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sept 13 2014 – 1,121,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 255. Data here.

This is a new All-Time Record. Breaking the record set in 2013 by 48,000 sq km.

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 12 2014 – 5th Highest of All-Time – 32,210 sq km From A New All-Time Record

Published on September 12, 2014 by sunshinehours15 Comments

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 12 2014 – 1,030,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 254. Data here.

5th Highest of All-Time – 32,210 sq km From A New Record

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 11 2014 – 14th Highest All-Time – 90,110 sq km To Go

Published on September 11, 2014 by sunshinehours13 Comments

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 11 2014 – 1,017,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 253. Data here.

This is now the 14th Highest All-Time Extent. Only 13 days in 2013 were higher.

Only 90,110 sq km from a new all-time record.

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Maximums

Published on September 10, 2014September 13, 2014 by sunshinehours118 Comments

2nd Update: New All-Time Record Set

Update: Now at 5th highest all time.

All the maximums for Antarctica. Of course 2014 may (or may not) climb higher. Click for full size.

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 10 2014 – 23rd Highest Extent of All-Time

Published on September 10, 2014 by sunshinehours1Leave a comment

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 10 2014 – 982,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 252. Data here.

23rd Highest Extent of All-Time – Only 120,000 to go to set an all-time record.

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 07 2014 – Daily Record Smashed By 290,000 sq km

Published on September 7, 2014September 7, 2014 by sunshinehours12 Comments

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Sep 07 2014 – 986,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. Data for Day 249. Data here.

Wow. The old Daily Record is Smashed By 290,000 sq km.

Only 37 days had more Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. One of those days was in 2006. All the rest were in 2012 and 2013.

Antarctica , Sea Ice, Ice Sheets and Wind Excuses

Published on August 31, 2014August 31, 2014 by sunshinehours11 Comment

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.

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