2018 sea ice area and extent data

[oren]

NSIDC area data certainly hints at slowing extent losses. Not sure whether to believe this signal though, as I think AMSR2 area is lower, relatively speaking.

[Sterks]

NSIDC area data certainly hints at slowing extent losses. Not sure whether to believe this signal though, as I think AMSR2 area is lower, relatively speaking.

Oren, the weather predictions invite to think that compactness is definitely not gonna follow 2014, a lot of vulnerable areas in the Pacific side will fall under the weather. Yes moderate only, stormy weather but bad enough for already bleeding ice. Don't you think?

[gerontocrat]

NSIDC Total Area as at 10 August (5 day trailing average) =   4,210,520 km2
This is now 255 k above the 2010-2017 average total area for this date

Total Area loss 55 K ,

Central Seas loss         51 k,
Peripheral Seas loss       1 k, all seas at or near zero area.
Other Seas loss             3 k.

Analysis of individual seas.
Pacific Side
- The Bering Sea - finished,
- Chukchi Sea loss 4 k, area 111k - a bit below the 2010's average.
Atlantic Side
- Baffin Sea loss 2 k, area 34 k - about 2.5% of 1980's average maximum,
- Greenland Sea gain 0 k, loss stalled or in reverse,
- Barents Sea - finished,
- The Kara Sea area loss 0 k, area is now at 28 k, well under 5% of 1980's average maximum.
- The Laptev Sea area loss 9 k -  area 96k, less than 15% of maximum.

CAB
- Beaufort Sea loss 10 k,
- The Canadian Archipelago loss 7 k,
- East Siberian Sea loss 0 k .
- The Central Arctic Sea loss 17 k,

Other seas
- St Lawrence -finished,
- Hudson Bay area loss 4 k, Area now 45 k, less than 5% of 1980's average maximum- almost done,
- The Okhotsk Sea - finished.

On average, this is when daily area loss declines sharply  The area loss of 55 k is above this day's 2010's average by a modest 7 k. Extent loss (also 5-day trailing average)) was 70k.

Qu1.  It is all about the 4 central seas now. On the melting season thread there is evidence of strong ice loss along the Atlantic front and predictions of weather favourable for further ice loss. Will above average area losses return strongly in the last 30 days or so of the season ? Not seen for several days so far, the exception being the Laptev (graph attached).

Qu2. How low will Greenland Sea Ice Area go ? If not for the complete oddity that was 2002, the Greenland sea would have been at a record low for most of the year. But in the last 6 days losses have stopped and even seen small gains. An oddity given the ice retreat up and around that corner of Greenland.

[Stephan]

And it didn't follow 2014, but still relatively high:

But 2018 is in some ways - again - comparable to 2015.

[Juan C. García]

[ADS-NIPR-JAXA] ASI Extent.

August 11^th, 2018: 5,617,694 km², a drop of -49,114 km².
2018 is the fifth lowest on record.

[etienne]

Didn't find the max extent evolution graph, so I decide to check and publish. Extent maximum values don't go down as fast as minimum values, but Extent doesn't provide an idea of the quality of the ice.

[gerontocrat]

JAXA ARCTIC EXTENT 5,617,694 km2（August 11, 2018）

Just to add to Juan's post
- Extent loss of 49 k is below the average for this date by about 20k,
- Extent is now 52 k km2  (0.9 %) below the 2010's average extent on this date,
- and 161 k (2.9%) above 2017 (which is about to start a series of below average extent losses) ,
- Extent loss to date is now 317 km2 (3.7 %) below the 2008-2017 average, with 86.2 % of the average melting season done.

Resulting minimum from average remaining melt is  4.25 million km2, (excluding 2012 from the average gives 4.28 million km2 - a reducing and insignificant difference). Range of results from last ten years remaining melt is 3.91 to 4.63 million km2 - also a narrowing range. For a minimum at 2nd lowest remaining melt needs to be about 13% above average. For a new record low remaining melt would need to be 2.44 million km2 as opposed to the average remaining melt of 1.37 million km2, i.e 1.07 million (78 %) above the average. Not feasible.

Of interest (?) is that in 2012 melt from this point was just 0.34 million (25%) above the average remaining melt.

That 2017 feeling wanes and waxes- extent losses are only slowly (or not at all) catching up on the slow melt to date and NSIDC Area losses have slowed significantly. There is, on average, just 13.8% (32 days) of further extent loss to go. Could the melting season last a bit longer than that - Yes.  On the other hand, could extent loss sharply reduce? Yes.

As a result of these persistent higher than average extent loss, a September minimum in the range of 4.00 to 4.50 million km2 seems probable, and perhaps even another bin lower (3.75 to 4.25) looks possible. But that is still possibly 0.2 million km2 above 2nd place and about 0.8 million km2 above the 2012 outlier.

[Steven]

NSIDC sea ice area is currently 9th lowest for the date:

[gerontocrat]

NSIDC Total Area as at 11 August (5 day trailing average) =   4,173,653  km2
This is now 262 k above the 2010-2017 average total area for this date

Total Area loss 37 K ,

Central Seas loss         35 k,
Peripheral Seas loss       1 k, all seas at or near zero area.
Other Seas loss             2 k. all seas at or near zero area.

Analysis of individual seas.
Pacific Side
- The Bering Sea - finished,
- Chukchi Sea loss 3 k, area 107k - a bit below the 2010's average.
Atlantic Side
- Baffin Sea loss 1 k, area 33 k - almost done,
- Greenland Sea gain 0 k, loss stalled or in reverse,
- Barents Sea - finished,
- The Kara Sea area loss 0 k, area is now stuck at 28 k, well under 5% of 1980's average maximum.
- The Laptev Sea area loss 8 k -  area 89k, 10% of maximum.

CAB
- Beaufort Sea loss 5 k,
- The Canadian Archipelago loss 2 k,
- East Siberian Sea loss 0 k .
- The Central Arctic Sea loss 16 k,

Other seas
- St Lawrence -finished,
- Hudson Bay area loss 2 k, Area now 43 k, less than 5% of 1980's average maximum- almost done,
- The Okhotsk Sea - finished.

On average, this is when daily area loss declines sharply  But the area loss of 37 k is below this day's 2010's average by 7 k. Extent loss (also 5-day trailing average)) was 44k, also low for the day. Daily extent ROSE by 35k.

Qu1.  It is all about the 4 central seas now. On the melting season thread there is evidence of strong ice loss along the Atlantic front and predictions of weather favourable for further ice loss. Will above average area losses return strongly in the last 30 days or so of the season ? Not seen for several days so far, the exception being the Laptev (graph attached).

Qu2. How low will Greenland Sea Ice Area go ? If not for the complete oddity that was 2002, the Greenland sea would have been at a record low for most of the year. But in the last 7 days losses have stopped and even seen small gains. An oddity given the ice retreat observed up and around that corner of Greenland.

[gerontocrat]

From the two graphs attached, would you say the sea ice loss in the Central Arctic Sea is currently very much above the 2010's average or very much below ?

[Dharma Rupa]

From the two graphs attached, would you say the sea ice loss in the Central Arctic Sea is currently very much above the 2010's average or very much below ?

Given how broken up the ice looks in Worldview I am mostly surprised Area and Extent aren't reversed.

[uniquorn]

I would say it is thinner and it disperses more evenly

[oren]

I think the CAB conundrum is easily explained by the shape of the Atlantic front. Normally the ice first turns to low concentration slush (for example the current ESS, Beaufort, Lincoln Sea) and then melts out. But over the Barents/Kara/Laptev CAB front, the heat+wind has been eating the ice edge cleanly with no slush.

[Dharma Rupa]

I think the CAB conundrum is easily explained by the shape of the Atlantic front. Normally the ice first turns to low concentration slush (for example the current ESS, Beaufort, Lincoln Sea) and then melts out. But over the Barents/Kara/Laptev CAB front, the heat+wind has been eating the ice edge cleanly with no slush.

I've got to say that front doesn't look like how I remember melting in the past (or how it is on the other side).

Maybe someone with the data and software could compare the density by section.  (Comparing the sections over time might be interesting too.)

[bbr2314]

I think the CAB conundrum is easily explained by the shape of the Atlantic front. Normally the ice first turns to low concentration slush (for example the current ESS, Beaufort, Lincoln Sea) and then melts out. But over the Barents/Kara/Laptev CAB front, the heat+wind has been eating the ice edge cleanly with no slush.

This has also maximized extent losses as the lack of low concentration ice in this area has limited the amount of open water within the pack. I wonder if years like 2013-14 and 14-15 were muted in melt because so much open water occurred within the High Arctic before the ice could melt out? The unique combination of factors this year has favored the opposite condition across the ATL front, maximizing its retreat (which is now worst-ever...?)

[gerontocrat]

I think the CAB conundrum is easily explained by the shape of the Atlantic front. Normally the ice first turns to low concentration slush (for example the current ESS, Beaufort, Lincoln Sea) and then melts out. But over the Barents/Kara/Laptev CAB front, the heat+wind has been eating the ice edge cleanly with no slush.

Nice one, Oren. Even I can go with that - it all fits with Atlantification. It will be interesting to see if in the last 30 days or so of the melting season this pattern continues, i.e. continued gradual erosion along the Atlantic and Western Russian front .

Extract from A-Team's post in the melting season thread on Aug 11...

FishOwater's proposal for unprecedented Atlantic Water upwelling and westward dispersal to this region, despite its dire implications for the future of the CAB, is more attractive, though it remains to be seen how it will play out over coming weeks.

https://forum.arctic-sea-ice.net/index.php/topic,2278.msg166819.html#msg166819

[Eco-Author]

I think the CAB conundrum is easily explained by the shape of the Atlantic front. Normally the ice first turns to low concentration slush (for example the current ESS, Beaufort, Lincoln Sea) and then melts out. But over the Barents/Kara/Laptev CAB front, the heat+wind has been eating the ice edge cleanly with no slush.

I did have this in the stupid question section for a week:

The ice just seems it is 'sticking together' more! ...If the ice was thick and cold, cracks and large burgs are the norm, but if ice is thin and warmer... wouldn't this 'slushy' effect dampen this? Perhaps higher surface tension of warmer ice helps it cling together more strongly.  the pack does seem like it has shifted around just as much as it usually does, so leads and lower concentrations should have formed as usual!  If Iceburgs are large, their 'bobbing up and down' in the water may also serve to push them further apart! 

[bbr2314]

I think the CAB conundrum is easily explained by the shape of the Atlantic front. Normally the ice first turns to low concentration slush (for example the current ESS, Beaufort, Lincoln Sea) and then melts out. But over the Barents/Kara/Laptev CAB front, the heat+wind has been eating the ice edge cleanly with no slush.

I did have this in the stupid question section for a week:

The ice just seems it is 'sticking together' more! ...If the ice was thick and cold, cracks and large burgs are the norm, but if ice is thin and warmer... wouldn't this 'slushy' effect dampen this? Perhaps higher surface tension of warmer ice helps it cling together more strongly.  the pack does seem like it has shifted around just as much as it usually does, so leads and lower concentrations should have formed as usual!  If Iceburgs are large, their 'bobbing up and down' in the water may also serve to push them further apart!

I would think it was the +++snowfall that occurred over winter 17-18 that has kept it together more, acting like "glue" if you will... once the glue goes, the ice melts very quickly, but maintains more cohesion (?).

[Hautbois]

Running back chart update. The tension!

[Juan C. García]

ADS is already one hour late, so I appreciate if some else post the new data.
Thank you! 

[Neven]

Compactness maybe following 2014 after all: 

[Ned W]

Running back chart update. The tension!

Glad to see the return of this graph.  It's an excellent data visualization. 

[Neven]

Running back chart update. The tension!

Glad to see the return of this graph.  It's an excellent data visualization.

Indeed, I've added it to the latest PIOMAS update.

[Hautbois]

Running back chart update. The tension!

Glad to see the return of this graph.  It's an excellent data visualization.

Indeed, I've added it to the latest PIOMAS update.

Cool, thanks! My wild guess is that 2018 runs headlong into 2011, possibly squeezing past between 2011 and 2016....

[gerontocrat]

NSIDC Total Area as at 12 August (5 day trailing average) =   4,149,029  km2
This is now 275 k above the 2010-2017 average total area for this date

Total Area loss 25 K ,

Central Seas loss         25 k,
Peripheral Seas loss       0 k, all seas at or near zero area.
Other Seas loss             0 k. all seas at or near zero area.

Analysis of individual seas.
Pacific Side
- The Bering Sea - finished,
- Chukchi Sea loss 3 k, area 104k, a bit below the 2010's average.
Atlantic Side
- Baffin Sea loss 0 k, area 33 k - almost done,
- Greenland Sea gain 0 k, loss stalled or in reverse,
- Barents Sea - finished,
- The Kara Sea area gain 2 k, area is now 30 k, still well under 5% of 1980's average maximum.
- The Laptev Sea area loss 7 k -  area 81k, 10% of maximum.

CAB
- Beaufort Sea loss 0 k,
- The Canadian Archipelago loss 2 k,
- East Siberian Sea loss 1 k .
- The Central Arctic Sea loss 13 k,

Other seas
- St Lawrence -finished,
- Hudson Bay area loss 0 k, Area now 43 k, less than 5% of 1980's average maximum- almost done,
- The Okhotsk Sea - finished

On average, this is when daily area loss declines sharply  But the area loss of 25 k is below this day's 2010's average by 13 k. Extent loss (also 5-day trailing average)) was 40k, also low for the day. Daily extent fell by  67k.

It is all about the 4 central seas now. On the melting season thread there is evidence of strong ice loss along the Atlantic front and predictions of weather favourable for further ice loss. Will above average area losses return strongly in the last 30 days or so of the season ? Not seen for several days so far.

[Juan C. García]

Seems that ADS-NIPR (JAXA) is going to delay the information for the second consecutive day. 
Maybe someone from this Forum can inform us whats is happening.

Or post the information if it is updated…

https://ads.nipr.ac.jp/vishop/#/extent

[gerontocrat]

NSIDC Total Area as at 13 August (5 day trailing average) =   4,134,490  km2
This is now 295 k above the 2010-2017 average total area for this date

Total Area loss 15 K ,

Central Seas loss         12 k,
Peripheral Seas loss       0 k, all seas at or near zero area.
Other Seas loss             2 k. all seas at or near zero area.

Analysis of individual seas.
Pacific Side
- The Bering Sea - finished,
- Chukchi Sea loss 3 k, area 101k, a bit below the 2010's average.
Atlantic Side
- Baffin Sea loss 0 k, area 33 k - almost done,
- Greenland Sea gain 0 k, loss stalled or in reverse,
- Barents Sea - finished,
- The Kara Sea area gain 2 k, area is now 32 k, still well under 5% of 1980's average maximum.
- The Laptev Sea area loss 8 k -  area 73 k, <10% of maximum.

CAB
- Beaufort Sea loss 3 k,
- The Canadian Archipelago gain 3 k,
- East Siberian Sea loss 6 k .
- The Central Arctic Sea gain 2 k,

Other seas
- St Lawrence -finished,
- Hudson Bay area loss 3 k, Area now 40 k, less than 5% of 1980's average maximum- almost done,
- The Okhotsk Sea - finished

On average, this is when daily area loss declines sharply  But even so, the area loss of 15k is below this day's 2010's average by 20 k. Extent loss (also 5-day trailing average)) was 44k, a bit below average for the day. But daily extent fell by 107k  after 67k the day before..

It is all about the 4 central seas now. On the melting season thread there is evidence of strong ice loss along the Atlantic front and predictions of weather favourable for further ice loss. Will above average area losses return strongly in the last 30 days or so of the season ? Not seen for several days so far.

[Juan C. García]

Seems that ADS-NIPR (JAXA) is going to delay the information for the third consecutive day.
There is no tweet explaining what is happening.
I will thank if someone post the information, if it is updated.

https://ads.nipr.ac.jp/vishop/#/extent

[gerontocrat]

Seems that ADS-NIPR (JAXA) is going to delay the information for the third consecutive day.
There is no tweet explaining what is happening.

3 days with no data and no tweet. This is when I always start to worry about that ageing satellite.

[Darvince]

This is entirely the fault of JAXA/ADS. There is still data coming in from AMSR-2, see https://go.nasa.gov/2MQg3hj

[gerontocrat]

This is entirely the fault of JAXA/ADS. There is still data coming in from AMSR-2, see https://go.nasa.gov/2MQg3hj

entirely the fault of JAXA/ADS. Don't be so sure.

Dat from http://www.remss.com/missions/amsr/

GCOM-W1 was launched on May 17, 2012 via a H-IIA rocket, and it flies in a sun-synchronous orbit as part of the "A-train" satellite constellation. It successfully began collecting data on July 4, 2012. Its planned lifespan of 5 years means that the satellite is set to operate until 2017, although JAXA hopes that it will last longer.

AMSR2 (Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2) is an improved version of AMSR ... Reliability is better...... Planned lifetime is extended from 3 years to 5 years. Although technical innovation is little, the accuracy is better because of improvement of calibrations.

At the moment of July 2008, AMSR series is the best microwave radiometers in the world, without competing sensors.

From the attached table you can see that 3 frequencies are used for ice measurement. I guess that means data can be transmitted even when one frequency is on the blink. The latest image from VISHOP for the 12 Aug looks a bit off.

And to repeat, this satellite is operating beyond its design life.

[gerontocrat]

NSIDC Total Area as at 14 August (5 day trailing average) =   4,116,690 km2
This is now 304 k above the 2010-2017 average total area for this date

Total Area loss 18 K ,

Central Seas loss         12 k,
Peripheral Seas loss       3 k, all seas at or near zero area.
Other Seas loss             3 k. all seas at or near zero area.

Analysis of individual seas.
Pacific Side
- The Bering Sea - finished,
- Chukchi Sea loss 3 k, area 98k, a bit below the 2010's average.
Atlantic Side
- Baffin Sea loss 1 k, area 29 k - almost done,
- Greenland Sea loss 2 k, area 70k,
- Barents Sea - finished,
- The Kara Sea area loss 2 k, area is now 30 k, well under 5% of 1980's average maximum.
- The Laptev Sea area loss 8 k,  area 64 k, <10% of maximum.

CAB
- Beaufort Sea loss 1 k,
- The Canadian Archipelago gain 0 k,
- East Siberian Sea loss 20 k .
- The Central Arctic Sea gain 23 k,

Other seas
- St Lawrence -finished,
- Hudson Bay area loss 3 k, Area now 37 k,
- The Okhotsk Sea - finished

On average, this is when daily area loss declines sharply  But even so, the area loss of 18k is below this day's 2010's average by 9 k. Extent loss (also 5-day trailing average)) increased from 44k to 73k, above average for the day. And daily extent loss was 128k after 106k  and 68k the days before..

It is all about the 4 central seas now. On the melting season thread there is evidence of strong ice loss along the Atlantic front and predictions of weather favourable for further ice loss. Will above average area losses return strongly in the last 30 days or so of the season ? Not seen for a good while. The area minus extent graph demonstrates how as far as area vs extent is concerned, this has not been an average year so far.

[Juan C. García]

Seems that ADS-NIPR (JAXA) is going to delay the information for the third consecutive day.
There is no tweet explaining what is happening.

3 days with no data and no tweet. This is when I always start to worry about that ageing satellite.

The last image of VISHOP shows an area without information.
https://ads.nipr.ac.jp/vishop/#/monitor

On the other hand, I can't access Bremen AMSR-2 page. So I am also worry about ageing satellites. Does NSIDC still has only one old satellite, without a second option?

[Juan C. García]

I am concerned that this is still going on with NSIDC:

The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F17 satellite is experiencing continuing issues with its passive microwave sensor. Data from the 37V channel, used to observe sea ice, have been unusable since early April, although the 37H channel used for the Greenland Ice Sheet Today melt area mapping is unaffected. NSIDC is working to bring the DMSP F18 satellite online for its near-real-time source of data for sea ice monitoring.
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2016/05/extended-outage-of-nsidcs-sea-ice-data-source-april-sea-ice-extent-very-low/

[gerontocrat]

On the other hand, I can't access Bremen AMSR-2 page. So I am also worry about ageing satellites. Does NSIDC still has only one old satellite, without a second option?

Yes. A US Senator called Lamar Smith killed the programme and had the last satellite destroyed. His fellw senators did not have the spine to stop him. Trumpistan rules.

[ghoti]

Yes. A US Senator called Lamar Smith killed the programme and had the last satellite destroyed. His fellw senators did not have the spine to stop him. Trumpistan rules.

Minor correction: Smith is a congressman not a senator. Head of House Science Committee.

[Juan C. García]

The next question is if there is another technology (in space now), apart of the passive microwave sensors (NSIDC) and the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR), that allow us to follow the SIE if the actual sensors fail.

[gerontocrat]

The next question is if there is another technology (in space now), apart of the passive microwave sensors (NSIDC) and the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR), that allow us to follow the SIE if the actual sensors fail.

Juan , read and despair.

https://thewire.in/environment/arctic-sea-ice-shows-record-decline-scientists-prepare-go-blind

[Steven]

There is still data coming in from AMSR-2, see https://go.nasa.gov/2MQg3hj

Indeed.  The Uni Hamburg sea ice concentration data (which are also based on AMSR2) are still up-to-date:

https://sites.google.com/site/arctischepinguin/home/amsr2/grf/amsr2-extent-all-cmpare.png
https://sites.google.com/site/apamsr2/home/pngcby32/Arc_20180814_res3.125_pyres.nc.gz.png

[Dharma Rupa]

The next question is if there is another technology (in space now), apart of the passive microwave sensors (NSIDC) and the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR), that allow us to follow the SIE if the actual sensors fail.

Juan , read and despair.

https://thewire.in/environment/arctic-sea-ice-shows-record-decline-scientists-prepare-go-blind

I think the !Trump position would be "let the EU do it," since he is too busy grifting.

Um....nvm....back into my hole now.

[Juan C. García]

The next question is if there is another technology (in space now), apart of the passive microwave sensors (NSIDC) and the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR), that allow us to follow the SIE if the actual sensors fail.

Juan , read and despair.

https://thewire.in/environment/arctic-sea-ice-shows-record-decline-scientists-prepare-go-blind

The true is that I read it before. Seems that I am not able to mentally accept it, so I just want to be sure that we will be as blind as we can be.

[Wherestheice]

Are we talking about all satellites going dark??

[gerontocrat]

Are we talking about all satellites going dark??

We are talking about the Japanese satellite with the AMSR-2 sensor that provides the JAXA extent and area data, and loads of other stuff e.g. Univ Bremen sea ice concentration maps, and the USAF satellite DMSP-17 that provides the data for NSIDC area and extent data.

Both are operating beyond their design life. I cannot find any news about what happens next. All I found was this:-

https://www.c4isrnet.com/home/2017/12/22/500m-never-flown-air-force-weather-satellite-goes-on-display/
Air Force unveils $500M satellite museum piece

and this...
Air Force to bolster weather capabilities with small satellites and sensors
https://spacenews.com/air-force-to-bolster-weather-capabilities-with-small-satellites-and-sensors/

AUSTIN, Texas — The U.S. Air Force’s future weather satellite plans are beginning to take shape but are centered around enhancing information technology, cybersecurity and small satellites in the near term rather than a new generation of large, sophisticated spacecraft to replace the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.

That’s largely due to budget constraints and the fact that accurate forecasting, while critical to military operations, is not the service’s primary mission, according to current and former government officials who asked not to be quoted.

“In a competition between buying a few extra F-35s or weather satellites, there’s no question,” one official said.

Maybe we will be lucky, maybe not.

[RikW]

Yes

[jacksmith4tx]

Watch this space. (space, get it? pun intended  )

ESA's Aeolus wind satellite is poised for liftoff from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. This latest Earth Explorer satellite has been at the launch site since early July being readied for its ride into space on 21 August.

Aeolus carries one of the most sophisticated instruments ever to be put into orbit.

The first of its kind, the Aladin instrument includes revolutionary laser technology to generate pulses of ultraviolet light that are beamed down into the atmosphere to profile the world's winds - a completely new approach to measuring the wind from space.

This technology has been particularly challenging to develop and consequently it has taken some years to get this far.

ESA's Director of Earth Observation Programmes, Josef Aschbacher, said, "Aeolus has certainly posed some technical challenges, but after all it is completely new - the wind has never been measured from space this way before.

"Aeolus is set to be a game changer for understanding the dynamics of our atmosphere and it will have real-world applications by being used to improve our weather forecasts."

Watch Trump put a 'tariff' on foreign satellite data.

[litesong]

Are we talking about all satellites going dark??

Let "don'T rump" & all his followers cease all their sigh-ants..... oh, that doesn't affect real science. Now, all we have ta do is get "don'T rump" outa da way. Since he's been giving the U.S. to russia, that should be easy..... if'n we get the re-pubic-lick-uns outa da way at the same time.

[ivica]

Folks, does this helps?



<now back to my vacation>

[gerontocrat]

Folks, does this helps?



<now back to my vacation>

It certainly does. Let us hope trade wars etc do not interfere if the data from the Chinese satellite has to be integrated with the NSIDC data.

[Eco-Author]

Maybe a break in the data is good... We already know what's happening, easily see the effects and might finally have time to GO DO something about it!  To me, it should be negligent NOT to be calling for the complete abandonment of every river bordering system and coastline in the world... 90% rebuild of society 3.0 onto higher ground!

[Juan C. García]

Folks, does this helps?

Great, Ivica!
I recommend to read the original article:
https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr/2018/02/09/image-of-the-week-the-gap-the-bridge-and-the-game-changer/

Maybe a break in the data is good... We already know what's happening, easily see the effects and might finally have time to GO DO something about it!

I completely agree with you!