JAXA ANTARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT: 16,522,547 KM2 as at 13-Nov-2020
- Extent loss on this day 71k, 59 k less than the average loss on this day (of the last 10 years) of 130k,
- Extent loss from maximum on this date is 2.34 million km2, 0.33 million km2, (12%) less than the 10 year average of 2.67 million km2.
- Extent is at position #28 in the satellite record of which 16 lower values are in the years before 2000
- Extent is 2,053 k MORE than 2016
- Extent is 1,012 k MORE than 2017
- Extent is 1,089 k MORE than 2018
- Extent is 1,346 k MORE than 2019
- Extent is 182 k MORE than the 1980's Average
- On average 16.8% of ice loss from maximum to minimum done, and 100 days to minimum
Projections. (Table JAXA-Ant1)
Average remaining melt (of the last 10 years) would produce a minimum in Feb 2021 of 3.31 million km2, 1.17 million km2 above the 2017 record low minimum of 2.15 million km2.
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And yet another lower than average extent loss, total extent went down another one place to 28th lowest from 27th lowest for the day.
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