JAXA ANTARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT :- 5,746,534 km2(April 7, 2020)
Extent gain in the last few days much more below than above average.
- 2019 is 17th lowest in the satellite record since 1979,
- Extent gain from minimum to date 2.99 million km2, 0.04 million (1.4%) LESS than the 10 year average of 3.03 million km2 by this day.
- Extent is 1,327 k more than 2017 on this day,
- Extent is 472 k more than 2018 on this day,
- Extent is 899 k more than 2019 on this day,
- Extent is 92 k more than the 1980's average on this day,
and Extent on this day is more than in 9 of the years before 2002,
- 23.4% of the average ice gain of the season done, with on average 166 days to the average date of maximum of 20 September.
The Perils of Projections
Average freeze from this date would produce a maximum of 18.9 million km2, 0.63 million MORE than the record low on 12th Sep 2017 of 18.06 million km2.
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