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When will we next see a new lowest 365 day trailing average extent?

2019
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Within the first three months of 2020
10 (62.5%)
Within months 4 to 6 of 2020
2 (12.5%)
Later in 2020
2 (12.5%)
2021
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2022 or later
2 (12.5%)

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Re: 365 day average extent poll
« Reply #50 on: October 02, 2020, 01:02:49 PM »
But now daily extent gains have trended well below average so a 2020 record low is in play again.

On the other hand 2019 extent gains are also about to slow substantially, which led to a record low October monthly average last year. But from late October 2019 extent gains accelerated.

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Re: 365 day average extent poll
« Reply #51 on: October 05, 2020, 01:07:54 PM »
A 2020 record low 365 day minimum still in play.

A small milestone just passed. In late 2019 the progress towards a record low petered out on the 6th December at a 365 day average of 9.751 million km2. The 4/10/2020 365 day average is just  below 9.750 million km2.

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« Reply #52 on: October 05, 2020, 09:10:11 PM »
A 2020 record low 365 day minimum still in play.

A small milestone just passed. In late 2019 the progress towards a record low petered out on the 6th December at a 365 day average of 9.751 million km2. The 4/10/2020 365 day average is just  below 3.750 million km2.

I think you mean 9.750?

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« Reply #53 on: October 05, 2020, 11:00:04 PM »
A 2020 record low 365 day minimum still in play.

A small milestone just passed. In late 2019 the progress towards a record low petered out on the 6th December at a 365 day average of 9.751 million km2. The 4/10/2020 365 day average is just  below 3.750 million km2.

I think you mean 9.750?
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Re: 365 day average extent poll
« Reply #54 on: October 16, 2020, 11:44:53 AM »
From the 4th to the 14th October 2020 daily extent gains were mostly above 2019 extent gains. The possibility of a 2020 record low 365 day average seemed to slip away.

On the 15th, a very low daily 2020 extent gain reversed the trend. But will it continue enough to bring a 2020 record low into play? It all depends on whether 2020 follows 2012 and 2019 in an October rebound in arctic sea ice extent, or follows 2016, which did not.
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Re: 365 day average extent poll
« Reply #55 on: October 18, 2020, 04:15:40 PM »
With high temps forecast for the ten days ahead, I expect the gap with 2019 can only widen in the immediate future. A new minimum this year looks ever more likely.

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Re: 365 day average extent poll
« Reply #56 on: October 18, 2020, 06:49:09 PM »
Getting to be very interesting again...

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Re: 365 day average extent poll
« Reply #57 on: October 18, 2020, 07:14:01 PM »
Thanks for these updates Gero.
Looking at the long term chart it is quite obvious that Arctic sea ice has not been stable since 2012 (or 2007) as some people think.
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Re: 365 day average extent poll
« Reply #58 on: October 19, 2020, 10:32:11 AM »
Back on track for a 365 day trailing average record low in December 2020.

but......
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Re: 365 day average extent poll
« Reply #59 on: October 21, 2020, 10:39:13 AM »
Confidence in a record low 365 day trailing average in 2020 increases day by day.
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Re: 365 day average extent poll
« Reply #60 on: October 23, 2020, 01:12:58 PM »
The 365 day trailing average continues to reduce at an accelerating rate. Given that 2019 daily extent gains are about to rocket upwards, this continue for at least a few days more. A reminder - it is the amount by which 2020 extent is lower than 2019 that determines the rate by which this average reduces.

A record low 365 day average in November is now a possibility, though perhaps not a probability.
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Re: 365 day average extent poll
« Reply #61 on: October 27, 2020, 12:04:58 PM »
The 365 day trailing average continues to reduce at an accelerating rate. Given that 2019 daily extent gains continue to be very high this could continue for at least a few days more.

However, from around the 5th November daily gains in 2019 moderated. If, on the other hand, 2020 extent gains sharply increase due to the catch-up expected due to the very late late re-freeze, 2020 extent could catch up with 2019 very quickly indeed.

A reminder - it is the amount by which 2020 extent is lower than 2019 that determines the rate by which this average reduces.

A record low 365 day average in mid November is now a tantalising possibility.
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Re: 365 day average extent poll
« Reply #62 on: October 28, 2020, 01:59:15 PM »
NSIDC Area Data

Here is the data on when NSIDC Area might be at a record low - and we are currently talking about mid-2021. Between now and then much can happen - and probably will.

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ps: In a week or so I should be able to do the same for PIOMAS volume data to 0ct-31 / Nov-1.
Yet another very different story.



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Re: 365 day average extent poll
« Reply #63 on: October 29, 2020, 02:52:05 PM »
A sine wave might be a smarter fit for the data (and then someone will need to figure out what the decadal influence is ...).  That polynomial certainly shows why extrapolating can be dangerous!
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Re: 365 day average extent poll
« Reply #64 on: October 29, 2020, 02:53:12 PM »
The 365 day trailing average continues to reduce at an accelerating rate. However, 2020 daily gains are on the increase.

A reminder - it is the amount by which 2020 extent is lower than 2019 that determines the rate by which this average reduces.

A record low 365 day average in mid November is still a tantalising possibility.
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« Reply #65 on: October 29, 2020, 03:21:12 PM »
A sine wave might be a smarter fit for the data (and then someone will need to figure out what the decadal influence is ...).  That polynomial certainly shows why extrapolating can be dangerous!
I left the polynomial fit on the graph just to remind myself that the best fit according to R2 is not always the best fit.
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Re: 365 day average extent poll
« Reply #66 on: November 01, 2020, 12:03:05 PM »
JAXA Sea Ice Extent 365 day average

Despite the current very high sea ice extent gains, a record low 365 day average in November still looks very possible.
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« Reply #67 on: November 01, 2020, 09:01:59 PM »
thank you for all this data Gerontocrat
Are there any 365-day volume survey charts (month by month certainly)? I don't seem to have seen any on the forum
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« Reply #68 on: November 03, 2020, 06:46:59 PM »
thank you for all this data Gerontocrat
Are there any 365-day volume survey charts (month by month certainly)? I don't seem to have seen any on the forum
thank you
You will see something on 365 day averages on this thread when we have the October PIOMAS data.

Meanwhile

NSIDC Sea Ice Area 365 day Average

In contrast wth JAXA extent, the NSIDC sea ice area 365 day average is still more than 300k above the early 2017 record low.
It is reducing, and could be a record low by mid-2021 if 2020-21 area stays well below 2019-20 area.
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« Reply #69 on: November 04, 2020, 12:02:01 AM »
thank you for all this data Gerontocrat
Are there any 365-day volume survey charts (month by month certainly)? I don't seem to have seen any on the forum
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You will see something on 365 day averages on this thread when we have the October PIOMAS data.


Thank you, so I will look that
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Re: 365 day average extent poll
« Reply #70 on: November 04, 2020, 05:21:27 PM »
And here we are... PIOMAS Volume 365 Day Trailing Average.

The current record low was reached in August 2017 at 12,675 km3.
2020 daily volume has been lower than 2019 only since September 16th, and is currently 13,590 km3, 1,023 km3 above that record low.

So a long way to go, at the current rate a new record low in late 2022. BUT there are bound to be bumps in the road on the way.

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« Reply #71 on: November 04, 2020, 11:50:06 PM »
Thank you, very informative
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Re: 365 day average extent poll
« Reply #72 on: November 05, 2020, 11:14:57 AM »
JAXA Extent Data

If 2020 daily extent gains do not substantially reduce in the next few days 2020 sea ice extent will become greater than 2019. At that time the 365 day trailing average would start to increase.
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« Reply #73 on: November 07, 2020, 11:08:06 AM »
JAXA Extent Data

If 2020 daily extent gains do not substantially reduce in the next few days 2020 sea ice extent will become greater than 2019. At that time the 365 day trailing average would start to increase.
Wherupon 2020 daily extent gains have greatly reduced.
With just 25k to go, if extent gains from now are resonably close to the 10 year average a record low 365b day trailing average this year is pretty much a certainty.
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« Reply #74 on: November 07, 2020, 11:31:51 AM »
I think the question may start to be not whether we'll get a new minimum in the next few months, but when and how deep. Given how high 2020 went in Jan to March, it could go a fair bit deeper still in the first few months of next year.

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« Reply #75 on: November 11, 2020, 12:36:55 PM »
Once again increases in extent gains push the date for a record low 365 day trailing average back to mid-December.

With just 22k reduction for a record low, what a tease.
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Re: 365 day average extent poll
« Reply #76 on: November 16, 2020, 11:15:27 AM »
JAXA Srctic sea ice extent data

I attach latest table and graph - just 18k to go for a new record low 365 day trailing average
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« Reply #77 on: November 19, 2020, 10:38:12 AM »
JAXA Arctic sea ice extent data

I attach latest table and graphs

- just over 15k to go for a new record low 365 day trailing average,
- the trailing average just went below 9.7 million #km2.

The last graph attached shows why 2020 extent was catching up with 2019 from late October to early November and why now the gap is increasing.
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« Reply #78 on: November 22, 2020, 11:50:38 AM »
JAXA Arctic sea ice extent data

I attach latest table and graphs

-12k to go for a new record low 365 day trailing average.
- at the current rate of daily reduction in the first week of December.....but
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Re: 365 day average extent poll
« Reply #79 on: November 22, 2020, 12:12:47 PM »
2019 underperforms for the next 10 days, so it will be tough.

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« Reply #80 on: November 25, 2020, 12:23:04 PM »
2019 underperforms for the next 10 days, so it will be tough.

JAXA Arctic sea ice extent data

,,,,but happened, and is likely to continue happening - see Oren's post

I attach latest table and graphs.
- 2020 extent now only 147k less than 2019,
-10k to go for a new record low 365 day trailing average, which  at the current rate of daily reduction happens on the 20th of December.....but could easily be delayed indefinitely.
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« Reply #81 on: November 27, 2020, 10:59:57 AM »
2019 underperforms for the next 10 days, so it will be tough.

JAXA Arctic sea ice extent data

,,,,but happened, and is likely to continue happening - see Oren's post

I attach latest table and graphs.
- 2020 extent now only 147k less than 2019,
-10k to go for a new record low 365 day trailing average, which  at the current rate of daily reduction happens on the 20th of December.....but could easily be delayed indefinitely.
What a tease - 2020 daily extent gains drop to below zero...
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« Reply #82 on: November 30, 2020, 11:46:32 AM »
A new record low nearly there?
Just 6.8k and perhaps 8 days or so to go.

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« Reply #83 on: December 05, 2020, 09:13:41 AM »
Not long now, surely.

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« Reply #84 on: December 05, 2020, 06:23:27 PM »
Not long now, surely.
The tease continues...

2 days high extent gains sent the date out to the 22nd December.
Followed by 2 days of low extent gains bringing the date back to 11th December.

But with just 4.3k to go and very high extent gains in 2019 over the next few days should finish the job pdq ( bit my prophecies have a bad habit of....)

And after that - NSIDC extent and area and PIOMAS volume?
And how low will this current reduction in Jaxa exent takes us? Doing something about that now. Wait small
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« Reply #85 on: December 05, 2020, 06:34:05 PM »
Is the next poll how long it stays at record low levels?  ;D

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« Reply #86 on: December 05, 2020, 08:20:47 PM »
Is the next poll how long it stays at record low levels?  ;D
I'm thinking perhaps about how low will it go by date of Jaxa Maximum 2021, or say 15 March 2021.
being time limited also gives a bit of extra intertest to the freezing to maximum.

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« Reply #87 on: December 06, 2020, 12:42:49 PM »
3.5k to go, and at the current rate 4 days, for a record low 365 day average.
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« Reply #88 on: December 07, 2020, 12:19:59 PM »
A high Arctic sea ice extent gain slows down the365 day reduction a bit. This pushes the date of the record low back a day to 11th December, with 4 days and 2,75k km2 to go.

In 2019, Dec 7 & Dec 8 saw very high extent gains. This might accelerate progress to the record low.
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« Reply #89 on: December 08, 2020, 12:04:11 PM »
2k km2 and 3? days to go for the new record low 365 day trailing average.
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« Reply #90 on: December 09, 2020, 11:30:53 AM »
1k km2 and 1? days to go for the new record low 365 day trailing average.
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« Reply #91 on: December 10, 2020, 09:55:54 AM »
It look's like today's the day the graph ventures into new unmarked space.

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« Reply #92 on: December 10, 2020, 10:23:40 AM »
It look's like today's the day the graph ventures into new unmarked space.
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« Reply #93 on: December 10, 2020, 11:20:05 AM »
And this is what happens if daily extent change for the year from now proceeded every day at the 10 year average - the 365 trailing daily average bottoms out on 5th July 2021 at  9,478,473 km2.
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« Reply #94 on: December 10, 2020, 06:50:41 PM »
I enjoy unforeseen consequences on other people's tables with automatic calculations.  Geron's lovely chart indicates 110 km2 needs to be added to reach the minimum  ???  It reminds me of cartoons I love that show how much distance Wile E. Coyote has to run past the edge of a cliff before he can begin to fall.  (One thing that amazes me about Wile E. Coyote is that he stops completely before falling straight down.  He must have some super power air brakes!)
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Re: 365 day average extent poll
« Reply #95 on: December 15, 2020, 06:16:48 AM »
So this measure may be a bit niche for anyone to be issuing a press release... But does it seem likely at year's end that someone will publicise 2020 having the lowest annual average extent on record of, as seems likely, it's still number one on December 31st?

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Re: 365 day average extent poll
« Reply #96 on: December 15, 2020, 12:57:09 PM »
So this measure may be a bit niche for anyone to be issuing a press release... But does it seem likely at year's end that someone will publicise 2020 having the lowest annual average extent on record of, as seems likely, it's still number one on December 31st?
The odds are that it will still be lowest at Dec 31. It means that 2020 is the year with the lowest sea ice extent. In my mind it is more significant than (say) the record low Sept minimum of 2012 because we are talking about sustained periods of record low sea ice and record high open water.

But the annual minima is the one that get the headlines.
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Re: 365 day average extent poll
« Reply #97 on: December 15, 2020, 08:28:39 PM »
So this measure may be a bit niche for anyone to be issuing a press release... But does it seem likely at year's end that someone will publicise 2020 having the lowest annual average extent on record of, as seems likely, it's still number one on December 31st?
The odds are that it will still be lowest at Dec 31. It means that 2020 is the year with the lowest sea ice extent. In my mind it is more significant than (say) the record low Sept minimum of 2012 because we are talking about sustained periods of record low sea ice and record high open water.

But the annual minima is the one that get the headlines.

I agree it's important, but I just don't know if anyone is measuring it off these forums. I was thinking that they may well measure the annual average at the end of the year, though, although as you say, this would yield fewer headlines than the annual minimum.

EDIT: BTW, as another question, are we also seeing a new 365 day minimum for NSIDC extent and area?
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Re: 365 day average extent poll
« Reply #98 on: December 19, 2020, 10:50:53 AM »
So this measure may be a bit niche for anyone to be issuing a press release... But does it seem likely at year's end that someone will publicise 2020 having the lowest annual average extent on record of, as seems likely, it's still number one on December 31st?
The odds are that it will still be lowest at Dec 31. It means that 2020 is the year with the lowest sea ice extent. In my mind it is more significant than (say) the record low Sept minimum of 2012 because we are talking about sustained periods of record low sea ice and record high open water.

But the annual minima is the one that get the headlines.
6 days of above average extent gains and lo and behold, extent that was 2nd lowest becomes 5th lowest in the satellite record which incudes 2020 extent being higher than 2019 extent.

The  365 day average therefore increases..
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Re: 365 day average extent poll
« Reply #99 on: December 21, 2020, 11:55:50 AM »
JAXA 365 day average extent continues to go in reverse, and will continue to do so until extent increases reduce significantly below those in 2019.
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