After the 2016 September minimum, the Arctic ice growth was very sluggish, leading to well -
below average extent through the 2016/2017 ice - growth season.
Not exact matches
Small caps (Russell 2000) and to a lesser
extent Nikkei and EM equities in stocks all have
below -
average vol and correlations today to S&P 500; makes index hedges cheaper, although the lower level of realized volatility means consensus is looking for an even better entry point to buy equity vol.»
Arctic: The
average Arctic sea ice
extent for August was 2.40 million square miles, 390,000 square miles (13.9 percent)
below the 1981 - 2010
average and the seventh smallest August
extent since records began in 1979 but the largest since 2009, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
This year's maximum
extent, reached on March 7 at 5.57 million square miles (14.42 million square kilometers), is 37,000 square miles (97,00 square kilometers)
below the previous record low, which occurred in 2015, and 471,000 square miles (1.22 million square kilometers) smaller than the
average maximum
extent for 1981 - 2010.
At 5.57 million square miles, it is the lowest maximum
extent in the satellite record, and 455,600 square miles
below the 1981 to 2010
average maximum
extent.
Though slightly larger than last year, the minimum sea ice
extent 2017 is
average for the past ten years and far
below the numbers from 1979 to 2006.
According to NOAA data analyzed by the Rutgers Global Snow Lab, for the winter season, the contiguous U.S. snow cover
extent was 62,000 square miles
below the 1981 - 2010
average; this was the 23rd largest (27th smallest) winter snow cover
extent for the contiguous U.S. and the smallest since the winter of 2011/12.
Sea ice
extent was 402,000 square miles
below average, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
For the spring season (March - May), the contiguous U.S. snow cover
extent was 362,300 square miles
below the 1981 - 2010
average.
In terms of snow, for the spring season (March - May), the contiguous U.S. snow cover
extent was 362,300 square miles
below the 1981 - 2010
average.
By February, the snow cover
extent was
below average, which continued into early summer.
On the monthly scale, the December and January snow cover
extents were
below average, while the February snow cover
extent was above
average.
Arctic sea ice coverage is still
below average and the previously stable Antarctic sea ice
extent was at or near a record low, the statement adds.
The Antarctic sea ice
extent for June was 40,000 square miles
below the 1981 — 2010
average.
According to data from NOAA analyzed by the Rutgers Global Snow Lab, the Northern Hemisphere snow cover
extent during April was 890,000 square miles
below the 1981 — 2010
average.
February saw record low sea ice
extent, with ice running 448,000 square miles
below average.
Arctic sea ice
extent was
below normal for the 11th consecutive April this year, covering an
average of 5.7 million square miles (14.7 million square kilometers) 2.1 percent
below the 1979 - 2000
average extent and the 15th smallest April
extent since records began in 1979.
North American snow cover
extent was slightly
below average while the Eurasian snow cover
extent was the second largest on record.
The
average Arctic sea ice
extent for November 2016 was 750,000 square miles (17.7 percent)
below the 1981 — 2010
average, according to analysis by the National Snow and Ice Data Center using data from NOAA and NASA.
Antarctic sea ice
extent during November 2016 was 700,000 square miles (11.1 percent)
below the 1981 — 2010
average.
The
average Arctic sea ice
extent for October 2016 was 980,000 square miles (28.5 percent)
below the 1981 — 2010
average, according to analysis by the National Snow and Ice Data Center using data from NOAA and NASA.
Antarctic sea ice
extent during October 2016 was 290,000 square miles (4.0 percent)
below the 1981 — 2010
average.
February saw record low sea ice
extent, with ice running a significant 448,000 square miles
below average.
Antarctic sea ice
extent during September 2016 was 150,000 square miles (2.0 percent)
below the 1981 — 2010
average.
This value is 400,000 square miles (7.9 percent)
below the 1981 — 2010
average, and the second smallest December
extent since records began in 1979.
The
extent to which a school is above or
below that line indicates whether the
average test - score improvement among its students has been greater or less than would be predicted based on their fluid cognitive skills.
Because the 2008 low was so far
below the September
average, the negative trend in September
extent has been pulled downward, from — 10.7 % per decade to — 11.7 % per decade (Figure 3).
The daily graph yesterday showed 2012 ice
extent dropping
below the 1979 - 2000
average, so maybe you'll be right.
This season's Arctic ice retreat ranks well behind the extraordinary ice retreat of 2007 and also last year's but remains
below the
average ice
extent for the stretch since 1979, when satellites started monitoring Arctic conditions with some precision.
But all of the 15 teams offering projections say ice
extent will remain well
below the
average for the last quarter century and a downward trend in summer ice around the North Pole has not abated.
But, he also says: «teams offering projections say ice
extent will remain well
below the
average for the last quarter century and a downward trend in summer ice around the North Pole has not abated,» and we readers are then linked to his October, 2007 article and an August, 2007 image of a «warmed over» Artic.
The graph
below (high - resolution copy) shows the range of the forecasts for early September, the point when the sea ice typically reaches its minimum
extent, compared to recent years and the
average over the period of precise satellite measurement.
Sea - ice
extent in the Arctic remains well
below the long - term
average.
Hardly, the March
extent (minimum) is changing at 4.2 ± 4.6 %, i.e. fluctuating without much trend, two years ago it was 20 %
below average.
Our model predicts that September 2015 Arctic sea ice
extent will be 2.11 million km2
below the 1982 to 2011 observed
average extent, but will not reach values as low as those observed in 2007 or 2012.
At 5.607 million square miles, it is the lowest maximum
extent in the satellite record, and 431,000 square miles
below the 1981 to 2010
average maximum
extent.
Sea ice
extent was
below average in the Barents Sea on the Atlantic side of the Arctic.
As of September 5, sea ice
extent remains
below average everywhere except for a small area within the Laptev Sea.
Canadian Ice Service, 3.8, Heuristic Arctic Ocean September sea ice
extents (while expected to be well
below the 1979 ‐ 2013
average of 6.4 million square kilometres, and while expected to continue to be near or
below 4.0 million square kilometres) are therefore expected to experience a slight recovery, preventing a repeat of last year's record.
Not only that, the
extent of Arctic sea ice in February was 7.54 percent
below the 1981 — 2010
average, and the lowest since record - keeping started in 1979.
Throughout August, Arctic sea ice
extent continued to track two or more standard deviations
below the long - term
average.
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Both these measures put 2011 as the second lowest on record and this year's ice
extent was 938,000 square miles
below the
average from the period 1979 to 2000.
For the month of November, the Arctic sea ice
extent averaged 9.08 million square kilometers, which is 1.95 million square kilometers
below the recorded 1981 to 2010 long - term
average for the said month.
The two lowest September ice
extents (2007 and 2012) were also both later than
average; this year's minimum is the fourth lowest (see chart
below).
«It seems clear that climate change is happening, we continually have record temperatures for the time of year, there is no return of temperatures to «
below average» which we would expect if this was just statistical variation, there is increasing turmoil in the weather, the barrier reef is bleaching to an
extent not seen before and so on.»
The figure
below shows the
average Arctic sea ice
extent for each week of the year for every year between 1978 and 2017.
The minimum ice
extent in September 2009 was greater than the past two Septembers, but again fell
below the long - term
average.
The strongest anomalies (more than 7 degrees Celsius / 13 degrees Fahrenheit) were over the Atlantic side of the Arctic, including Baffin Bay and Davis Strait, where ice
extent was
below average.
https://nsidc.org/news/newsroom/arctic-sets-yet-another-record-low-maximum-
extent According to NSIDC, sea ice
extent was
below average throughout the Arctic, except in the Labrador Sea, Baffin Bay, and Hudson Bay.