Sea Ice Update July 3 2014 – The Big View

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 183 of 2014

  • Global Sea Ice Extent is 174,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 15 for the day.
  • Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,527,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day. There have been 116 daily records set in 2014.
  • Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -1,354,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 33 for the day.

NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

Global_Sea_Ice_Extent_2014_Day_183_1981-2010

Antarctic_Sea_Ice_Extent_2014_Day_183_1981-2010

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Sea Ice Update July 2 2014 – Antarctic Still Flying High

Many AGW true believers dismiss “Global Sea Ice” as an unimportant metric. I’m guessing that in a couple of days it will become important to them.

  • Global Sea Ice Extent is 164,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 15 for the day.
  • Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,550,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day.
  • Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -1,386,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 33 for the day.

NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

Global_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2014_Day_182_1981-2010

Antarctic_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2014_Day_182_1981-2010

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Sea Ice Update July 1 2014 – Arctic Mini-Bounce And Antarctic Still Flying High

Happy Canada Day

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 181 of 2014

  • Global Sea Ice Extent is 279,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 11 for the day.
  • Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,575,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day.
  • Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -1,296,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 33 for the day.

NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

Arctic_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2014_Day_181_1981-2010

Global_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2014_Day_181_1981-2010

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MASIE June 30 2014 – A Lot of Melting in the Arctic

June 30 2014  MASIE Update – Melting  … Mostly in the red places (Data here)

Region Start End Last 92 Last 28 Last 14 Last 7 Last 3 Last 1
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,688,530 540,405 -1,148,125 -502,841 -326,773 -259,282 -181,622 -110,697
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 815,022 -445,882 -403,032 -318,019 -242,098 -84,783 -21,602
Greenland Sea 603,416 523,660 -79,756 -102,070 -144,011 -100,900 -44,729 4,206
Kara Sea 933,859 792,042 -141,817 -80,239 -47,964 -63,069 -68,292 -6,388
Laptev Sea 897,845 631,911 -265,934 -180,736 -72,299 -58,587 -7,807 -15,763
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 924,762 -145,683 -131,594 -105,648 -47,224 -22,892 -15,205
Chukchi Sea 966,006 745,471 -220,535 -139,265 -101,343 -35,694 -15,583 360
Bering Sea 697,324 15,517 -681,807 -87,764 -37,282 -21,301 -8,470 -4,426
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 1,027,424 -59,714 -7,630 22,070 -18,715 -4,266 -911
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 751,380 -101,834 -56,091 -30,439 -12,358 -5,102 -4,498
Central Arctic 3,221,921 3,233,896 11,975 -6,367 -9,763 -8,122 -4,474 0
Sea of Okhotsk 853,240 0 -853,240 -48,565 -21,293 -32 0 0
Baltic Sea 15,337 0 -15,337 0 0 0 0 0
Yellow Sea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barents Sea 645,917 178,620 -467,297 -206,132 -97,196 5,528 -15,211 -3,312
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 10,181,637 -4,623,478 -1,951,941 -1,289,959 -861,852 -463,232 -178,236
NH (Average Loss per Day) -49,715 -69,712 -92,140 -123,122 -154,411 -178,236

MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-180

Sea Ice Update June 29 2014 – Antarctica Sea Ice Extent Day 179

If I was an alarmists I would suggest that at the current rate of increase, by 2100 Antarctica will be completely inaccessible by ship.

But I’m not. I do wonder if the the spike in 1979 is an artifact of the satellite at that time, or if it is where we are now (remember the area to the left of 1979 just wasn’t recorded so we don’t know what it really looks like) and once the AMO cools Antarctica Sea Ice Extent will shrink and the Arctic will grow.

 

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent for Day 179 From 1978 (infilled)

 

Sea Ice Update June 28 2014 – Antarctic Still Way Above Normal

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 178 of 2014

    • Global Sea Ice Extent is 518,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 8 for the day.
    • Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,522,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day.
    • Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -1,004,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 32 for the day.

NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

 

Global_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2014_Day_178_1981-2010

Antarctic_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2014_Day_178_1981-2010

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Sea Ice Update June 26 2014 – Antarctic Still Way Above Normal

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 176 of 2014

  • Global Sea Ice Extent is 586,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 5 for the day.
  • Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,488,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day.
  • Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -902,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 32 for the day.

NOAA Data here and here here. Graphs below. Click for bigger.

 

Global_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2014_Day_176_1981-2010

Antarctic_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2014_Day_176_1981-2010

Arctic_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2014_Day_176_1981-2010

MASIE June 26 2014 – A One Day UnMelt

June 26 2014  MASIE Update – After a week of big melt, a one day unmelt. (Data here)

Region Start End Last88 Last28 Last14 Last7 Last3 Last1
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 914,911 -345,992 -315,160 -255,235 -226,752 -142,208 -1,874
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,688,530 713,609 -974,922 -398,793 -190,431 -127,501 -86,078 14,372
Barents Sea 645,917 197,320 -448,597 -242,870 -74,119 -84,660 24,228 26,384
Greenland Sea 603,416 573,394 -30,022 -80,812 -53,118 -72,180 -51,166 22,530
Chukchi Sea 966,006 754,956 -211,050 -173,488 -109,672 -70,456 -26,210 6,477
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 947,843 -122,602 -118,262 -87,326 -67,417 -24,142 -3,417
Laptev Sea 897,845 659,614 -238,231 -166,966 -25,600 -41,957 -30,884 -14,793
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 756,012 -97,202 -58,464 -30,644 -26,186 -7,726 -2,185
Bering Sea 697,324 27,938 -669,385 -80,948 -49,091 -23,549 -8,879 -4,817
Sea of Okhotsk 853,240 32 -853,208 -71,193 -22,011 -16,241 0 0
Central Arctic 3,221,921 3,239,458 17,537 -2,233 -2,240 -2,837 -2,561 -3,349
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 1,032,748 -54,389 5,487 20,213 -1,725 -13,390 -2,186
Baltic Sea 15,337 0 -15,337 0 0 0 0 0
Yellow Sea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kara Sea 933,859 870,981 -62,878 -7,856 30,044 20,909 15,870 9,160
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 10,690,343 -4,114,771 -1,711,510 -849,231 -740,551 -353,146 46,301
NH (Average Loss per Day) -46,233 -61,125 -60,659 -105,793 -117,715 46,301

MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-176

Sea Ice Update June 25 2014 – Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,444,000 sq km Above ‘Normal’

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 175 of 2014

  • Global Sea Ice Extent is 589,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 5 for the day.
  • Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,444,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day.
  • Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -856,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 32 for the day.

Global_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2014_Day_175_1981-2010

Antarctic_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2014_Day_175_1981-2010

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Sea Ice Update June 23 2014 – Antarctic Climbing Even Higher – Global Still Above 1 SD

A quick update for sea ice extent for day 173 of 2014

  • Global Sea Ice Extent is 696,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 4 for the day.
  • Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 1,499,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 1 for the day. That is the 106th daily record for 2014.
  • Arctic Sea Ice Extent is -803,000 sq km below the 1981-2010 mean. That is ranked 32 for the day.

Global_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2014_Day_173_1981-2010

Antarctic_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2014_Day_173_1981-2010

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