Not exact matches
Liu, J., M. Song, R. Horton, and Y. Hu, 2015: Revisiting the potential of melt pond fraction as a predictor for the
seasonal Arctic sea
ice extent minimum.
In examining
ice area — the
extent weighted by concentration — the
seasonal minimum in 2008 was nearly identical to that of 2007.
After a summer of
seasonal melting, on Sept. 17, 2014, Arctic sea
ice extent * likely hit its
minimum for the year.
Arctic sea
ice extent has begun its
seasonal decline towards the September
minimum.
Since reaching its
seasonal minimum on September 10 of 4.14 million square kilometers (1.60 million square miles), Arctic sea
ice extent has increased at a rapid rate.