Sentences with phrase «for snow extent»

The Rutgers University Global Snow Lab has daily, weekly and monthly data for snow extent as well as data for the monthly departure from average.

I happen to be familiar with Rutger data set quoted as a reference in the paper and it is for snow extent NOT total fall.

Not exact matches

In an analysis, the National Snow and Ice Data Center said the sea ice extent as of Sept. 16 was 2 million square miles, an amount just below revised estimates for 2009, the former sixth place finisher, said Julienen Stroeve, a scientist at the center.

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.

An image of an area of the Arctic sea ice pack well north of Alaska, captured by the MODIS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite on Sept. 13, 2013, the day before the National Snow and Ice Data Center estimated Arctic sea ice to have reached its minimum extent for the year.

Antarctic sea ice extent reached a record high this year on 22 September, topping 20 million square kilometers for the first time since 1979, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center.

A: The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) announced this week that the sea ice surrounding Antarctica reached its maximum extent — its widest halo around the continent — in 2014 on 22 September: more than 20 million square kilometers, which also set a record for the highest extent of sea ice around the continent since satellite measurements began in the late 1970s.

For example, we have seen the ice and snow extent greatly decrease throughout the world, reflecting unprecedented rates of melting in modern time.

The December and January snow cover extent for the state was slightly above average.

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 2011Snow 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 2011snow 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 2011snow cover extent for the contiguous U.S. and the smallest since the winter of 2011/12.

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.

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.

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.

The average Arctic sea ice extent for December was 4.67 million square miles, according to analysis by the National Snow and Ice Data Center based on data from NOAA and NASA.

As for his assertions regarding colder winters of late... I can't speak for temperatures, I'll leave that for others, but snow cover extent hasn't exactly gone through the roof.

Extent, for once, is crucial in determining the amount of absorbed solar radiation, the area of polar bear (and other animals») habitat, the amount of snow that falls onto sea ice, etc..

And then there is the issue of decreasing spring snow extent, but that's a discussion for another time...

I discussed the latest such research last week when the National Snow and Ice Data Center reported the annual minimum ice extent for the year — a tie with 2007 for second place since modern measurements began in 1979.

In March 2017, the annual maximum extent of Arctic sea ice hit a record low for the third straight year, according to the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre.

Lastly, there is significant independent evidence for warming in the oceans, snow cover and sea ice extent changes.

(08/10/2011) Average Arctic sea ice extent hit a new record low for July according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC).

Arctic sea ice appears to have reached a record low wintertime maximum extent for the second year in a row, according to scientists at the NASA - supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and NASA.

On September 12, 2009, sea ice in the Arctic Ocean most likely reached its minimum extent for 2009, said the National Snow and Ice Data Center.

Extent is the important thing for albedo — the snow cover can be quite light — it merely needs to cover a large area.

Arctic sea ice shrank to its lowest level in 38 years last month, setting a record low for the month of May and setting up conditions for what could become the smallest Arctic ice extent in history, according to National Snow and Ice Data Center data released Tuesday.

The range of ocean remaining frozen over the northern polar region reached its minimum extent for 2009 on September 12, when it covered 1.97 million square miles (5.1 million square km), and now appears to be growing again as the Arctic starts its annual cool - down, the National Snow and Ice Data Center reported.

With the low snow totals in January and the warm weather during the last two weeks of the month, snow depths were low in both extent and depth for much of the region.

Walsh, J.E. 1978 A data set on Northern Hemisphere sea ice extent World Data Center - A for Glaciology (Snow and Ice), «Glaciological Data, Report GD - 2», part 1, pp. 49 - 51 http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/SEAICE/, accessed 12/25/2009.

Ski operators have proved able to adapt to some extent, such as making up for lost snow through artificial production.

Abrupt and severe temperature shifts have occurred on occasion in the past, typically separated by hundreds of years or more, but shifts of this magnitude that are global in extent have almost always occurred during glacial eras, when the extent of snow and ice allowed for great changes in feedback in response to only modest signals.

Combine the satellite trend with the surface observations and the umpteen non-temperature based records that reflect temperature change (from glaciers to phenology to lake freeze dates to snow - cover extent in spring & fall to sea level rise to stratospheric temps) and the evidence for recent gradual warming is, well, unequivocal.

The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) issued a preliminary announcement on September 19 noting that it was likely the minimum extent for the year and the lowest extent observed in the 33 - year satellite record.

According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), the monthly average June 2010 ice extent was 10.87 million square kilometers, 1.29 million square kilometers below climatology (1979 - 2000) and 190,000 square kilometers below the previous record low for the month of 11.06 million square kilometers set in 2006.

On March 22, the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) announced record low sea ice seasonal extents for both hemispheres.

The lab also has seasonal snow extent data dating back to 1967 for the winter spring and fall in the Northern Hemisphere, Eurasia, and North American regions.

Researchers at CIRES» National Snow and Ice Data Center [About NSIDC] investigate the dynamics of Antarctic ice shelves, new techniques for the remote sensing of snow and freeze / thaw cycle of soils, the role of snow in hydrologic modeling, linkages between changes in sea ice extent and weather patterns, large - scale shifts in polar climate, river and lake ice, and the distribution and characteristics of seasonally and permanently frozen groSnow and Ice Data Center [About NSIDC] investigate the dynamics of Antarctic ice shelves, new techniques for the remote sensing of snow and freeze / thaw cycle of soils, the role of snow in hydrologic modeling, linkages between changes in sea ice extent and weather patterns, large - scale shifts in polar climate, river and lake ice, and the distribution and characteristics of seasonally and permanently frozen grosnow and freeze / thaw cycle of soils, the role of snow in hydrologic modeling, linkages between changes in sea ice extent and weather patterns, large - scale shifts in polar climate, river and lake ice, and the distribution and characteristics of seasonally and permanently frozen grosnow in hydrologic modeling, linkages between changes in sea ice extent and weather patterns, large - scale shifts in polar climate, river and lake ice, and the distribution and characteristics of seasonally and permanently frozen ground.

The average Arctic sea ice extent for December was 4.67 million square miles, according to analysis by the National Snow and Ice Data Center based on data from NOAA and NASA.

According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), the arctic sea ice extent for July 2012 was the second lowest in the satellite record behind 2011; the ice extent recorded for August 1st of 6.5 million square kilometers is the lowest in the satellite record.

The sea ice monthly extent for September 2012 was 3.6 million square kilometers, based on National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) estimates, a full 1.0 million square kilometers below the 2011 value (Figure 1).

Starting with the April Pan-Arctic Ice Ocean Modeling and Assimilation System (PIOMAS) volume distribution and the April National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) average ice extent the estimated extent loss for each 10 cm thickness of ice loss is calculated.

The average arctic sea ice monthly extent for September 2012 was the lowest observed in the satellite era at 3.6 million square kilometers, based on National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) estimates — 50 % lower than the 1979 - 2000 average of 7.0 million square kilometers.

Jonathan Bamber, director of the Bristol Glaciology Centre at the University of Bristol, UK, says: «We have already seen an unusually early start to melting around the margins of Greenland in 2016 and the new findings from NSIDC of exceptionally low sea ice extent for May and the lowest Northern Hemisphere snow cover in April for 50 years is in line with the longer - term, decadal trends for the Arctic as a whole,» said

Now the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) has reported that Arctic sea ice was at its lowest extent ever recorded for January (since satellite records began).

The bar graphs indicate the mean snow cover extent for the Northern Hemisphere for a given month.

For the Himalayan samples, high concentrations of mineral dust were observed to the extent that dust may at time be the dominating light absorber in the snow.

In January, 2008 the Northern Hemisphere broke the record for the greatest snow extent ever recorded.

For the July report we have applied the same analysis for two different sea ice extent data sets: 1) Bremen University (IUP) and 2) National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDFor the July report we have applied the same analysis for two different sea ice extent data sets: 1) Bremen University (IUP) and 2) National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDfor two different sea ice extent data sets: 1) Bremen University (IUP) and 2) National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC).

For example, in snow events or heavy rain events, having access to high density surface data will give extra confidence in the extent and development of such events, helping provide rapid updated guidance on the evolution of such weather situations.

The figures for November — month number 11 — have just come in and it looks like the U.S. is once again betraying the cause: November 2014 with its polar vortex saw almost 9000 record lows, ushering in a record extent of snow cover for North America.