Comparing the latest ice age data from Maslanik and Fowler (see Maslanik contribution) for 21 June 2010 (Figure 6) to current (20 July)
ice extent data shows that the ice edge has retreated back to the boundary between first - year and multi-year ice pack in the eastern Arctic and in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas.
Not exact matches
The animation of satellite
data shows the physical
extent of the
ice cover for each of those minimum dates, ending with the record low.
Treated separately, the two sets of
data do not
show a statistically significant decrease in the
extent of Antarctic
ice, although they do
show that the Arctic cap is shrinking.
The
extent of global sea
ice coverage reached its smallest area ever recorded in 2016, new
data show.
The latest
data by NSIDC for Arctic sea
ice extent shows that 2008
ice coverage has fallen to 2007 levels for the end of May:
The graph above
shows Arctic sea
ice extent as of September 5, 2016, along with daily
ice extent data for four previous years.
This graph
shows Arctic sea
ice extent as of May 31, along with daily
ice extent data for previous years.
Figure 7
shows a loss of sea
ice extent through May 2013 (National Snow and Ice Data Cente
ice extent through May 2013 (National Snow and
Ice Data Cente
Ice Data Center).
However, despite the fact that their own
data show that sea
ice extent stayed at that value for three days, NSIDC has chosen the last day of that 3 - day period rather than the first to represent the 2015 minimum.
The diagrams below
show sea
ice extent data since 1979.
Although July
data indicated that the sea
ice might be on track for a slight recovery from 2007 (though still well below «normal» climatological conditions), new sea
ice data and weather forecasts
show that total
ice extent in early August declined at about twice the rate of any other time this summer.
This is an important article, Climategrog, because it
shows from a different type of
data (date of minimum
extent) that something happened around 2007 to Arctic sea
ice that interrupted a 35 year trend.
Also of note is new
data showing large regions of low sea
ice concentrations within the boundary of sea
ice extent at the end of July.
Figure 4
shows a loss of sea
ice extent through May below the 2007 level (National Snow and Ice Data Center plot); contributions to the loss were especially important from the Barents and Chukchi Seas (Figure
ice extent through May below the 2007 level (National Snow and
Ice Data Center plot); contributions to the loss were especially important from the Barents and Chukchi Seas (Figure
Ice Data Center plot); contributions to the loss were especially important from the Barents and Chukchi Seas (Figure 5).
The graph above
shows Arctic sea
ice extent as of November 1, 2016, along with daily
ice extent data for four previous years.
Arctic «sea
ice extent has varied naturally over the decades with some Russian
data suggesting similar or even greater
ice loss in some local areas in the 1930s» — Analysis of Arctic
ice: «Russian
data shows that the [Arctic]
ice was just as thin in 1940 as it is now.
Show me someone who has successfully determined arctic
ice extent from weather
data alone.
Meanwhile, up in the Arctic, distressing new information from the US National Snow and
Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado, shows that Arctic sea ice extent has settled to its fourth - lowest level ever measured at the end of the most recent melt seas
Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado,
shows that Arctic sea
ice extent has settled to its fourth - lowest level ever measured at the end of the most recent melt seas
ice extent has settled to its fourth - lowest level ever measured at the end of the most recent melt season.
Satellite
data since 1978
show that annual average arctic sea
ice extent has shrunk by 2.7 [2.1 to 3.3] % per decade, with larger decreases in summer of 7.4 [5.0 to 9.8] % per decade.
When, last year, we asked the NSIDC's Walt Meier why the center chose to present
data showing only one of the two measures of Arctic
ice cover that they collect (respectively known as «
extent» and «area»), when the presentation of both would perhaps reflect more realistically the complexity involved in taking such measurements (let alone using them to make predictions,), he told us:
The long term decline in Arctic sea
ice is continuing, with satellite
data showing the third lowest February
ice extent, in records which began in 1979.
There is the Cryosphere
data from the University of Illinois which
show arctic and Antarctic
ice concentration and
extent (this is not Mr. Watts
data, it is satellite
data.
Before 1979, the
data are less comprehensive, but shipping records and other evidence
show that the
ice extent has been in a continued state of decline for at least the last hundred years.
The graph above
shows Arctic sea
ice extent as of August 1, 2016, along with daily
ice extent data for four previous years.
With these earlier
data records, the
ice concentrations would not be as reliable as the total
ice extent, which is why most folks only
show the
extent.
It's Official: 2011 Sea
Ice Second Lowest on Record A few weeks ago, the National Snow and Ice Data Center offered an initial assessment of Arctic sea ice that showed that the minimum extent for the year was the second lowest on reco
Ice Second Lowest on Record A few weeks ago, the National Snow and
Ice Data Center offered an initial assessment of Arctic sea ice that showed that the minimum extent for the year was the second lowest on reco
Ice Data Center offered an initial assessment of Arctic sea
ice that showed that the minimum extent for the year was the second lowest on reco
ice that
showed that the minimum
extent for the year was the second lowest on record.
New
data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center shows that the average Arctic sea ice extent in July set a new monthly record low — even though the rate of ice loss slowed «substantially» in the last two weeks of the mo
data from the National Snow and
Ice Data Center shows that the average Arctic sea ice extent in July set a new monthly record low — even though the rate of ice loss slowed «substantially» in the last two weeks of the mon
Ice Data Center shows that the average Arctic sea ice extent in July set a new monthly record low — even though the rate of ice loss slowed «substantially» in the last two weeks of the mo
Data Center
shows that the average Arctic sea
ice extent in July set a new monthly record low — even though the rate of ice loss slowed «substantially» in the last two weeks of the mon
ice extent in July set a new monthly record low — even though the rate of
ice loss slowed «substantially» in the last two weeks of the mon
ice loss slowed «substantially» in the last two weeks of the month.
The usual Sea
Ice Extent (JAXA daily data plotted here as an anomaly — usually 2 clicks to «download your attachment») shows the crazy excursions during 2016 (a lot less Sea Ice Extent due to a very early melt season and a very late freeze season but with the height of the melt not as big as some expected and leaving a lot of ice in - place at the height of te mel
Ice Extent (JAXA daily
data plotted here as an anomaly — usually 2 clicks to «download your attachment»)
shows the crazy excursions during 2016 (a lot less Sea
Ice Extent due to a very early melt season and a very late freeze season but with the height of the melt not as big as some expected and leaving a lot of ice in - place at the height of te mel
Ice Extent due to a very early melt season and a very late freeze season but with the height of the melt not as big as some expected and leaving a lot of
ice in - place at the height of te mel
ice in - place at the height of te melt).
The satellite
data released by NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center show that the maximum extent of the 2008 - 2009 winter sea ice cover was the fifth - lowest since researchers began collecting such information 30 years
data released by NASA and the National Snow and
Ice Data Center show that the maximum extent of the 2008 - 2009 winter sea ice cover was the fifth - lowest since researchers began collecting such information 30 years a
Ice Data Center show that the maximum extent of the 2008 - 2009 winter sea ice cover was the fifth - lowest since researchers began collecting such information 30 years
Data Center
show that the maximum
extent of the 2008 - 2009 winter sea
ice cover was the fifth - lowest since researchers began collecting such information 30 years a
ice cover was the fifth - lowest since researchers began collecting such information 30 years ago.
While passive microwave
data products may not
show as much detail or be as accurate «on the ground» as other satellite
data, they provide a consistent time series to track sea
ice extent going back to 1979.
The
data show a continuing low value of sea
ice extent at the beginning of the summer season and an appearance of a weather pattern (the Arctic Dipole) that tends to favor summer sea
ice loss, in contrast to weak and variable summer winds of previous decades.
Figure 4
shows a comparison between this
data and model output by Kauker et al. used in their September
ice extent prediction.
The
data from 2011
shows a continuing low value of sea
ice extent at the beginning of the summer season and an appearance of the Arctic Dipole weather pattern with southerly winds that tends to favor summer sea
ice loss, in contrast to weak and variable summer winds of previous decades.