As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted by my daughter's dog.....
JAXA ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT: 5,039,562 KM2 as at 14-Aug-2020
- Extent loss on this day 82k, 24 k more than the average loss on this day (of the last 10 years) of 58k,
- Extent loss from maximum on this date is 9,408 k, 555 k, 6.3% more than the 10 year average of 8,853 k.
- Extent is at position #3 in the satellite record
- Extent is 271 k MORE than 2019,
- Extent is 295 k LESS than 2016,
- Extent is 389 k MORE than 2012
- Extent is 145 k LESS than 2007
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On average 89.0% of melting from maximum to minimum done, and 31 days to minimum
Projections. (Table JAXA-Arc1)
Average remaining melt (of the last 10 years) would produce a minimum in Sept 2020 of 3.94 million km2, 0.76 million km2 above the 2012 minimum of 3.18 million km2.
For a record low, remaining melt needs to be 69.6% or more above average.
For the 2020 minimum to be above the 2019 minimum of 3.96 million km2, remaining melt needs to be 1.6% or more below the previous 10 years average remaining melt.
Like most of us, I have been bemused by the rotten state of the sea ice so clearly shown on the melting season thread while measured sea ice losses have been so low. Just maybe today's above average extent loss is the beginning of sea ice disintegration being reflected in extent loss.
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