MASIE Arctic Aug 17 2014 – Steady Melting – Barents Sea Has Been Gaining Ice For Weeks

Aug 17 2014  MASIE Update – Steady Melting … Central Arctic is melting … But it has slowed from  25,000 sq km a day to 12,000 sq km over last two days

Barents Sea Has Been Gaining Ice For 4 Weeks

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MASIE Central_Arctic Freeze.Melt as of 2014228 MASIE Northern_Hemisphere Freeze.Melt as of 2014228 MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-228

Region 141 days ago End Last 140 Last 28 Last 14 Last 7 Last 3 Last 1
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 628,671 -458,466 -384,338 -266,834 -162,919 -67,657 -22,414
Chukchi Sea 966,006 474,901 -491,105 -173,659 -120,625 -50,114 -30,520 -14,865
Kara Sea 933,859 187,131 -746,729 -340,810 -128,957 -37,596 -19,812 -14,531
Greenland Sea 603,416 266,843 -336,573 -152,927 -85,187 -29,463 -13,195 -14,002
Central Arctic 3,221,921 3,068,880 -153,041 -135,772 -136,108 -76,857 -49,178 -12,159
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 527,779 -325,436 -182,407 -150,443 -77,063 -25,564 -11,079
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 763,810 -306,635 -72,831 -89,839 -40,159 -25,655 -8,176
Laptev Sea 897,845 48,385 -849,459 -342,570 -164,653 -103,114 -30,296 -3,710
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,688,530 12,597 -1,675,933 -133,960 -59,951 -33,765 -8,108 -1,350
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 87,721 -1,173,183 -209,363 -67,147 -40,296 -5,414 -1,144
Bering Sea 697,324 0 -697,324 -787 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
Barents Sea 645,917 112,870 -533,047 13,781 18,252 16,257 716 1,261
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 6,180,730 -8,624,384 -2,115,642 -1,251,492 -635,089 -274,684 -102,168
NH (Average Loss per Day) -61,166 -75,559 -89,392 -90,727 -91,561 -102,168

MASIE Arctic Aug 15 2014 – Steady Melting – Central Arctic is melting

Aug 15 2014  MASIE Update – Steady Melting … Central Arctic is melting … But 25,000 sq km a day is less than 1%.

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MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-226 MASIE Central_Arctic Freeze.Melt as of 2014226 MASIE Northern_Hemisphere Freeze.Melt as of 2014226

 

Region 139 days ago End Last 138 Last 28 Last 14 Last 7 Last 3 Last 1
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 661,589 -425,548 -323,275 -268,028 -167,652 -67,671 -34,740
Central Arctic 3,221,921 3,092,715 -129,206 -96,657 -114,296 -81,279 -37,730 -25,344
Laptev Sea 897,845 60,549 -837,296 -314,024 -187,072 -107,857 -65,786 -18,132
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 537,980 -315,234 -167,662 -151,849 -84,174 -36,530 -15,362
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 777,006 -293,439 -35,505 -69,927 -48,917 -12,936 -12,459
Chukchi Sea 966,006 499,010 -466,996 -139,212 -108,104 -47,016 -12,521 -6,411
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,688,530 14,908 -1,673,622 -107,441 -62,059 -34,990 -10,468 -5,797
Kara Sea 933,859 203,367 -730,492 -366,257 -146,587 -24,419 -15,228 -3,575
Barents Sea 645,917 110,363 -535,554 17,597 17,996 12,878 2,718 -1,792
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 92,943 -1,167,960 -200,665 -76,329 -44,615 -14,252 -192
Bering Sea 697,324 0 -697,324 -7,345 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
Greenland Sea 603,416 280,810 -322,606 -129,470 -71,727 -5,698 -3,902 772
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 6,332,381 -8,472,733 -1,869,915 -1,237,982 -633,738 -274,305 -123,033
NH (Average Loss per Day) -60,955 -66,783 -88,427 -90,534 -91,435 -123,033