2020 Sea ice area and extent data

[Niall Dollard]

         
 Total Change     10    k   gain
Peripheral Seas   -8    k   loss
Central Seas___    18    k   gain
      
Sea ice area loss gain on this day +10 k -10k, 66 k less than the 2010's average loss of 56 k         

Think that bit's right now ! 

[gerontocrat]

         
 Total Change     10    k   gain
Peripheral Seas   -8    k   loss
Central Seas___    18    k   gain
      
Sea ice area loss gain on this day +10 k -10k, 66 k less than the 2010's average loss of 56 k         

I made the commentary work on autopilot - and forgot that it would not cope with gains when losses are the norm.

Think that bit's right now ! 

[gerontocrat]

JAXA ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT:  12,369,413 KM2 as at 06-May-2020

- Extent loss on this day 30k, 19 k less than the average loss on this day (of the last 10 years) of 49k,
- Extent loss from maximum on this date is 2,078 k, 301 k, 16.9% more than the 10 year average of 1,778 k.
- Extent is at position #6 in the satellite record
- Extent is  393 k MORE than 2019,
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On average 17.9% of melting from maximum to minimum done, and 131 days to minimum
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Projections. (Table JAXA-Arc1)

Average remaining melt (of the last 10 years) would produce a minimum in Sept 2020 of 4.20 million km2, 1.02 million km2 above the 2012 minimum of 3.18 million km2.
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Now looks probable that above freezing temperatures will enter a considerable part of the Arctic Ocean from the Pacific end starting this weekend into at least early next week

[gerontocrat]

NSIDC Total Area as at 06-May-2020 (5 day trailing average) 11,329,528 KM2         

Total Area           11,329,528    km2       -194,045    km2   <   2010's average.  268,998    km2   >   2019 -606,962    km2   <   2000's average.            Total Change    -8    k   loss Peripheral Seas   -19    k   loss Central Seas___    11    k   gain            Peripheral Seas           Okhotsk______   -7    k   loss Bering _______   -4    k   loss Hudson Bay___   -3    k   loss Baffin  Bay____   -1    k   loss St Lawrence___    0    k   gain Greenland____   -2    k   loss Barents ______   -1    k   loss           Central Arctic  Ocean Seas          Chukchi______    0    k   gain Beaufort_____    1    k   gain CAA_________   -2    k   loss East Siberian__    1    k   gain Central Arctic_    6    k   gain Laptev_______    3    k   gain Kara_________    1    k   gain

         
Sea ice area loss on this day 8 k, 35 k less than the 2010's average loss of 43 k         
         
- 2020 area is at position #4 in the satellite record.         
- 2020 Area is -194 k less than the 2010's average         
- 2020 Area is -607 k less than the 2000's average         
         
- 2020 Area is 269 k more than 2019          
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Perhaps one can see the first signs of the change from area loss stalling to ...?... as above freezing temperatures enter a considerable part of the Arctic Ocean in the next few days

[Juan C. García]

[ADS NIPR VISHOP (JAXA)] Arctic Sea Ice Extent.

May 7^th, 2020:
     12,294,656 km², a drop of -74,757 km².
     2020 is 6^th lowest on record.
     In the graph are today's 20 lowest years.
     Highlighted the 4 years with September lowest min (2012, 2019, 2016, 2007) & 2020.
     Source: https://ads.nipr.ac.jp/vishop/#/extent

[gerontocrat]

JAXA ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT:  12,294,656 KM2 as at 07-May-2020

- Extent loss on this day 75k, -25 k more than the average loss on this day (of the last 10 years) of 50k,
- Extent loss from maximum on this date is 2,153 k, 325 k, 17.8% more than the 10 year average of 1,828 k.
- Extent is at position #6 in the satellite record
- Extent is  352 k MORE than 2019,
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On average 18.4% of melting from maximum to minimum done, and 130 days to minimum
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Projections. (Table JAXA-Arc1)

Average remaining melt (of the last 10 years) would produce a minimum in Sept 2020 of 4.17 million km2, 0.99 million km2 above the 2012 minimum of 3.18 million km2.
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[gerontocrat]

NSIDC Total Area as at 07-May-2020 (5 day trailing average) 11,298,255 KM2         

Total Area           11,298,255    km2       -184,636    km2   <   2010's average.  277,719    km2   >   2019 -594,327    km2   <   2000's average.            Total Change    -31    k   loss Peripheral Seas   -33    k   loss Central Seas___    2    k   gain            Peripheral Seas           Okhotsk______   -9    k   loss Bering _______   -6    k   loss Hudson Bay___   -4    k   loss Baffin  Bay____   -1    k   loss St Lawrence___   -1    k   loss Greenland____   -5    k   loss Barents ______   -7    k   loss           Central Arctic  Ocean Seas          Chukchi______   -2    k   loss Beaufort_____    0    k   gain CAA_________   -1    k   loss East Siberian__    4    k   gain Central Arctic_   -2    k   loss Laptev_______    3    k   gain Kara_________   -1    k   loss

         
Sea ice area loss on this day 31 k, 10 k less than the 2010's average loss of 41 k         
         
- 2020 area is at position #4 in the satellite record.         
- 2020 Area is -185 k less than the 2010's average         
- 2020 Area is -594 k less than the 2000's average         
         
- 2020 Area is 278 k more than 2019          
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It looks very much as if one can see the first signs of the change from area loss stalling to a new wave of area losses as above freezing temperatures enter a considerable part of the Arctic Ocean starting this weekend.

Daily Extent has lost 200k in 2 days.

[Juan C. García]

[ADS NIPR VISHOP (JAXA)] Arctic Sea Ice Extent.

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[nanning]

Take a well deserved break Juan! Leave your tech at home for a couple of days.

[gerontocrat]

NSIDC Total Area as at 08-May-2020 (5 day trailing average) 11,260,469 KM2         

Total Area           11,260,469    km2       -180,124    km2   <   2010's average.  277,480    km2   >   2019 -584,265    km2   <   2000's average.            Total Change    -38    k   loss Peripheral Seas   -31    k   loss Central Seas___   -7    k   loss            Peripheral Seas           Okhotsk______   -5    k   loss Bering _______   -4    k   loss Hudson Bay___   -6    k   loss Baffin  Bay____    1    k   gain St Lawrence___    0    k   gain Greenland____   -3    k   loss Barents ______   -14    k   loss           Central Arctic  Ocean Seas          Chukchi______   -2    k   loss Beaufort_____   -3    k   loss CAA_________   -2    k   loss East Siberian__    7    k   gain Central Arctic_   -4    k   loss Laptev_______    1    k   gain Kara_________   -5    k   loss

         
Sea ice area loss on this day 38 k, 4 k less than the 2010's average loss of 42 k         
         
- 2020 area is at position #4 in the satellite record.         
- 2020 Area is -180 k less than the 2010's average         
- 2020 Area is -584 k less than the 2000's average         
         
- 2020 Area is 277 k more than 2019          

[Stephan]

Evaluation "relative area wise" from Apr 21 to May 08, 2020.
No changes in most of the Central Arctic Seas. The only relevant differences were detected in ESS and Kara Seas (each -6%).
All of the Peripheral Seas show losses. The last of the seas (Hudson) now also joined the melting season. The list is dominated by Okhotsk (-63 %), followed by
Bering (-25 %) and Barents (-17 %).
Hudson, Baffin and Grønland Seas lost 8-9 % of their ice area.
More or less irrelevant is the 5 % loss of St. Lawrence which has almost melted completely.

[gerontocrat]

NSIDC Total Area as at 09-May-2020 (5 day trailing average) 11,212,190 KM2         

Total Area           11,212,190    km2       -181,544    km2   <   2010's average.  258,817    km2   >   2019 -583,880    km2   <   2000's average.            Total Change    -48    k   loss Peripheral Seas   -33    k   loss Central Seas___   -15    k   loss            Peripheral Seas           Okhotsk______   -5    k   loss Bering _______   -1    k   loss Hudson Bay___   -11    k   loss Baffin  Bay____   -2    k   loss St Lawrence___   -0    k   loss Greenland____    0    k   gain Barents ______   -14    k   loss           Central Arctic  Ocean Seas          Chukchi______    0    k   gain Beaufort_____   -6    k   loss CAA_________   -2    k   loss East Siberian__    7    k   gain Central Arctic_   -2    k   loss Laptev_______    1    k   gain Kara_________   -14    k   loss

         
Sea ice area loss on this day 48 k, -1 k more than the 2010's average loss of 47 k         
         
- 2020 area is at position #4 in the satellite record.         
- 2020 Area is -182 k less than the 2010's average         
- 2020 Area is -584 k less than the 2000's average         
         
- 2020 Area is 259 k more than 2019          
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Area loss up a bit more.
It just maybe that over the next week or more we will see Arctic sea ice (and snow cover) under attack on all  fronts at various times - i.e. a major warming event

[zufall]

JAXA ViSHOP available again, but with no new data. The extent of May 7 is still the latest value.

[Juan C. García]

[ADS NIPR VISHOP (JAXA)] Arctic Sea Ice Extent.

May 10^th, 2020:
     
The system is back, but it is 2 hours later than usual and they have not posted the new data.
It is time for me to go to bed.
If someone else (surely Gerontocrat) post the data.
Thanks.

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

[oren]

I have moved two good posts to the melting season thread where they fit better, but then realized a part was pertinent here:

It is 1030 am. & still no JAXA data - patience is a virtue?

[gerontocrat]

I have moved two good posts to the melting season thread where they fit better, but then realized a part was pertinent here:

It is 1030 am. & still no JAXA data - patience is a virtue?

Quite right, Oren - it's just that they get so ratty on the melting thread. Meanwhile - NSIDC Area Data

NSIDC Total Area as at 10-May-2020 (5 day trailing average) 11,144,179 KM2         

Total Area           11,144,179    km2       -199,626    km2   <   2010's average.  222,516    km2   >   2019 -607,260    km2   <   2000's average.            Total Change    -68    k   loss Peripheral Seas   -42    k   loss Central Seas___   -26    k   loss            Peripheral Seas           Okhotsk______   -5    k   loss Bering _______   -7    k   loss Hudson Bay___   -18    k   loss Baffin  Bay____   -4    k   loss St Lawrence___   -1    k   loss Greenland____    3    k   gain Barents ______   -10    k   loss           Central Arctic  Ocean Seas          Chukchi______   -1    k   loss Beaufort_____   -6    k   loss CAA_________   -2    k   loss East Siberian__    0    k   gain Central Arctic_   -1    k   loss Laptev_______   -1    k   loss Kara_________   -16    k   loss

         
Sea ice area loss on this day 68 k, -18 k more than the 2010's average loss of 50 k         
         
- 2020 area is at position #4 in the satellite record.         
- 2020 Area is -200 k less than the 2010's average         
- 2020 Area is -607 k less than the 2000's average         
         
- 2020 Area is 223 k more than 2019          
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Arctic temperature anomaly +2.0 celsius now, + 4.1 by the 15th May, (and perhaps between +4 & +4.5 for the week after.). Methinks lot of ice and a lot of snow is going to melt.

Watch this space for the unfolding of the Great 2020 Mid-May Melting Event ?

[gerontocrat]

The Peripheral Seas continue to lose ice area ahead of schedule.

The Central Seas resist - with the Kara looking the most vulnerable.

[gerontocrat]

A closer look at the 7 Peripheral seas

NSIDC - PERIPHERAL ARCTIC Area Analysis in Jaxa Format at 10 May 2020  2,810,027 km2

4th lowest after a few days of below average area loss.
A new wave of losses may have started.

The failed spreadsheet of projections still looking at zero ice at minimum, but with more years showing ice at greater than zero.

[gerontocrat]

and here is the plume of projections using previous years' remaining melt.

[Juan C. García]

[ADS NIPR VISHOP (JAXA)] Arctic Sea Ice Extent.

May 8^th, 2020:
     12,203,915 km², a drop of -90,741 km².
May 9^th, 2020:
     12,142,756 km², a drop of -61,159 km².
May 10^th, 2020:
     12,072,219 km², a drop of -70,537 km².

May 11^th, 2020:
     12,019,349 km², a drop of -52,870 km².
     2020 is 4^th lowest on record.
     In the graph are today's 20 lowest years.
     Highlighted the 4 years with September lowest min (2012, 2019, 2016, 2007) & 2020.
     2013 has a missing value, average calculated.
     Source: https://ads.nipr.ac.jp/vishop/#/extent

[Lord M Vader]

Kara should go berserk soon as the WAA is heading for the area.

[gerontocrat]

JAXA ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT:  12,019,349 KM2 as at 11-May-2020

- Extent loss on this day 53k, 4 k less than the average loss on this day (of the last 10 years) of 57k,
- Extent loss from maximum on this date is 2,428 k, 354 k, 17.1% more than the 10 year average of 2,075 k.
- Extent is at position #4 in the satellite record
- Extent is  208 k MORE than 2019,
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On average 20.8% of melting from maximum to minimum done, and 126 days to minimum

Projections. (Table JAXA-Arc1)

Average remaining melt (of the last 10 years) would produce a minimum in Sept 2020 of 4.14 million km2, 0.97 million km2 above the 2012 minimum of 3.18 million km2.
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Arctic temperature anomalies in the range +2.5 to +4.5 celsius in the next 5 days, (and maybe after that in the range +3.5 to + 4.5).  The last table shows the daily change in extent in May of the 4 years with the lowest September minimum. If the forecast temperatures hold, 2020 may well stay in that group.

[gerontocrat]

NSIDC Total Area as at 11-May-2020 (5 day trailing average) 11,082,598 KM2         

Total Area           11,082,598    km2       -209,433    km2   <   2010's average.  178,874    km2   >   2019 -620,320    km2   <   2000's average.           Total Change   -62    k   loss Peripheral Seas   -34    k   loss Central Seas___   -27    k   loss           Peripheral Seas          Okhotsk______   -4    k   loss Bering _______   -7    k   loss Hudson Bay___   -16    k   loss Baffin  Bay____   -9    k   loss St Lawrence___   -0    k   loss Greenland____    6    k   gain Barents ______   -5    k   loss           Central Arctic  Ocean Seas          Chukchi______   -3    k   loss Beaufort_____   -7    k   loss CAA_________   -1    k   loss East Siberian__   -1    k   loss Central Arctic_   -0    k   loss Laptev_______   -2    k   loss Kara_________   -13    k   loss

         
Sea ice area loss on this day 62 k, -10 k more than the 2010's average loss of 52 k         
         
- 2020 area is at position #4 in the satellite record.         
- 2020 Area is -209 k less than the 2010's average         
- 2020 Area is -620 k less than the 2000's average         
         
- 2020 Area is 179 k more than 2019          
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13 out of 14 seas with an area loss.
With the likelihood that the Arctic temperature will remain considerably above the average, some acceleration in area (and extent) loss is possible or even probable.

[gerontocrat]

Hudson Bay & the Kara Sea are certainly candidates for significant ice losses over the next week or so, reflecting that the warmth is all over the place at various times.

[Juan C. García]

[ADS NIPR VISHOP (JAXA)] Arctic Sea Ice Extent.

May 12^th, 2020:
     11,961,735 km², a drop of -57,614 km².
     2020 is 4^th lowest on record.
     In the graph are today's 20 lowest years.
     Highlighted the 4 years with September lowest min (2012, 2019, 2016, 2007) & 2020.
     2013 has a missing value, average calculated.
     Source: https://ads.nipr.ac.jp/vishop/#/extent

[gerontocrat]

JAXA ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT:  11,961,735 KM2 as at 12-May-2020

- Extent loss on this day 58k, 8 k less than the average loss on this day (of the last 10 years) of 66k,
- Extent loss from maximum on this date is 2,486 k, 345 k, 16.1% more than the 10 year average of 2,141 k.
- Extent is at position #4 in the satellite record
- Extent is  173 k MORE than 2019,
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On average 21.5% of melting from maximum to minimum done, and 125 days to minimum

Projections. (Table JAXA-Arc1)

Average remaining melt (of the last 10 years) would produce a minimum in Sept 2020 of 4.15 million km2, 0.97 million km2 above the 2012 minimum of 3.18 million km2.
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[gerontocrat]

NSIDC Total Area as at 12-May-2020 (5 day trailing average) 11,028,014 KM2         

Total Area           11,028,014    km2       -207,617    km2   <   2010's average.  153,061    km2   >   2019 -625,109    km2   <   2000's average.           Total Change   -55    k   loss Peripheral Seas   -24    k   loss Central Seas___   -30    k   loss           Peripheral Seas          Okhotsk______   -1    k   loss Bering _______   -7    k   loss Hudson Bay___   -13    k   loss Baffin  Bay____   -13    k   loss St Lawrence___    2    k   gain Greenland____    4    k   gain Barents ______    3    k   gain           Central Arctic  Ocean Seas          Chukchi______   -2    k   loss Beaufort_____   -8    k   loss CAA_________   -3    k   loss East Siberian__   -5    k   loss Central Arctic_    2    k   gain Laptev_______   -3    k   loss Kara_________   -11    k   loss

         
Sea ice area loss on this day 55 k, 1 k less than the 2010's average loss of 56 k         
         
- 2020 area is at position #4 in the satellite record.         
- 2020 Area is -208 k less than the 2010's average         
- 2020 Area is -625 k less than the 2000's average         
         
- 2020 Area is 153 k more than 2019          
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Steady but not remarkable area losses in the last few days.
Kara loses ice, & Barents/Greenland Seas gain ice, but by this time of year freezing in these seas is pretty much ceased. So any additional ice arriving in the Barents/Greenland is being sent to oblivion, i.e. a watery grave (sorry), impoverishing ice content in the CAB.

[Juan C. García]

[ADS NIPR VISHOP (JAXA)] Arctic Sea Ice Extent.

May 13^th, 2020:
     11,896,812 km², a drop of -64,923 km².
     2020 is 4^th lowest on record.
     In the graph are today's 17 lowest years.
     Highlighted the 4 years with September lowest min (2012, 2019, 2016, 2007) & 2020.
     2013 has a missing value, average calculated.
     Source: https://ads.nipr.ac.jp/vishop/#/extent

[gerontocrat]

JAXA ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT:  11,896,812 KM2 as at 13-May-2020

- Extent loss on this day 65k, -12 k more than the average loss on this day (of the last 10 years) of 53k,
- Extent loss from maximum on this date is 2,551 k, 357 k, 16.3% more than the 10 year average of 2,193 k.
- Extent is at position #4 in the satellite record
- Extent is  175 k MORE than 2019,
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On average 22.0% of melting from maximum to minimum done, and 124 days to minimum

Projections. (Table JAXA-Arc1)

Average remaining melt (of the last 10 years) would produce a minimum in Sept 2020 of 4.14 million km2, 0.96 million km2 above the 2012 minimum of 3.18 million km2.
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[gerontocrat]

NSIDC Total Area as at 13-May-2020 (5 day trailing average) 10,950,184 KM2         

Total Area           10,950,184    km2       -227,586    km2   <   2010's average.  109,394    km2   >   2019 -654,592    km2   <   2000's average.           Total Change   -78    k   loss Peripheral Seas   -36    k   loss Central Seas___   -42    k   loss           Peripheral Seas          Okhotsk______   -3    k   loss Bering _______   -8    k   loss Hudson Bay___   -7    k   loss Baffin  Bay____   -17    k   loss St Lawrence___    1    k   gain Greenland____    6    k   gain Barents ______   -7    k   loss           Central Arctic  Ocean Seas          Chukchi______   -7    k   loss Beaufort_____   -8    k   loss CAA_________   -1    k   loss East Siberian__   -7    k   loss Central Arctic_   -1    k   loss Laptev_______   -4    k   loss Kara_________   -14    k   loss

         
Sea ice area loss on this day 78 k, -20 k more than the 2010's average loss of 58 k         
         
- 2020 area is at position #3 in the satellite record.         
- 2020 Area is 228 k less than the 2010's average         
- 2020 Area is 655 k less than the 2000's average         
         
- 2020 Area is 109 k more than 2019          
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Steady but not remarkable area losses gradually increasing in the last few days - now at well above average.

Also an interesting switch - area loss in the Central Seas higher than in the periphery for the last 2 days. I thought this switch normally came later when peripheral seas had lost much more ice.

Kara loses ice, & Greenland Sea gains ice (Fram export), but by this time of year freezing in the Greenland sea is pretty much history.

Average Arctic temperatures look like staying well above average for the next 10 days - Western & Central Siberia look like damnation without relief. Only marginal +ve anomalies in the CAA and Pacific end of the Arctic Ocean.

This could be a long period of above average sea ice area losses.

[gerontocrat]

NSIDC - HIGH ARCTIC Area Analysis in Jaxa Format as at 13-May-2020 :- 8,234,529 km2

With melting in the 7 seas of the High Arctic underway, here is some data..

Area 3rd lowest in the satellite record, down from 21st, yes #21, on April 17.

Area loss from maximum 523k km2, 156k ( 42% ) less than the average of 156k.

Too early in the season to make meaningful projections, so instead here is the official map of the NSIDC Arctic seas, that are consistent with the tables posted abve.

[Juan C. García]

[ADS NIPR VISHOP (JAXA)] Arctic Sea Ice Extent.

May 14^th, 2020:
     11,744,488 km², a century drop of -152,324 km². 
     2020 is 4^th lowest on record.
     In the graph are today's 17 lowest years.
     Highlighted the 4 years with September lowest min (2012, 2019, 2016, 2007) & 2020.
     2013 has a missing value, average calculated.
     Source: https://ads.nipr.ac.jp/vishop/#/extent

[gerontocrat]

JAXA ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT:  11,744,488 KM2 as at 14-May-2020

- Extent loss on this day 152k, -99 k more than the average loss on this day (of the last 10 years) of 53k,
- Extent loss from maximum on this date is 2,703 k, 457 k, 20.4% more than the 10 year average of 2,246 k.
- Extent is at position #4 in the satellite record
- Extent is  87 k MORE than 2019,
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On average 22.6% of melting from maximum to minimum done, and 123 days to minimum

Projections. (Table JAXA-Arc1)

Average remaining melt (of the last 10 years) would produce a minimum in Sept 2020 of 4.04 million km2, 0.86 million km2 above the 2012 minimum of 3.18 million km2.
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“What a difference a day makes, 24 little hours...”
This daily area loss is the maximum daily loss in May (since 2002) by 21k.

[wallen]

152k extent loss fro the 14th May. Is this record for May or at least the first half of May?

[Neven]

152k extent loss fro the 14th May. Is this record for May or at least the first half of May?

It is in my spreadsheet, which starts in 2005:

[gerontocrat]

152k extent loss fro the 14th May. Is this record for May or at least the first half of May?

Why do I post? Read it.

[wallen]

152k extent loss fro the 14th May. Is this record for May or at least the first half of May?

Why do I post? Read it.

No offence meant I did read your post. Nevin's spreadsheet gave me a better read on what I was looking for.

[gerontocrat]

152k extent loss fro the 14th May. Is this record for May or at least the first half of May?

Why do I post? Read it.

No offence meant I did read your post. Nevin's spreadsheet gave me a better read on what I was looking for.

Sorry, I was listening to Radio4 talking about what our Govt is doing about Covid-19.
Enough to make the most even-tempered individual feeling really ratty.

Meanwhile....

NSIDC Total Area as at 14-May-2020 (5 day trailing average) 10,881,568 KM2         

Total Area           10,881,568    km2       -231,465    km2   <   2010's average.  89,890    km2   >   2019 -671,697    km2   <   2000's average.           Total Change   -69    k   loss Peripheral Seas   -34    k   loss Central Seas___   -35    k   loss           Peripheral Seas          Okhotsk______   -4    k   loss Bering _______   -10    k   loss Hudson Bay___    1    k   gain Baffin  Bay____   -13    k   loss St Lawrence___   -0    k   loss Greenland____   -0    k   loss Barents ______   -8    k   loss           Central Arctic  Ocean Seas          Chukchi______   -11    k   loss Beaufort_____   -6    k   loss CAA_________    1    k   gain East Siberian__   -6    k   loss Central Arctic_   -4    k   loss Laptev_______   -2    k   loss Kara_________   -7    k   loss

         
Sea ice area loss on this day 69 k, -4 k more than the 2010's average loss of 65 k         
         
- 2020 area is at position #3 in the satellite record.         
- 2020 Area is 231 k less than the 2010's average         
- 2020 Area is 672 k less than the 2000's average         
         
- 2020 Area is 90 k more than 2019          
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Note that this daily area loss is only 4k less than the 2010's average for this day.
We are soon to enter the peak melting period. By mid-June the average daily sea ice area loss is over 100k.

But if the rest of this month shows above average loss the effect may be more significant (e.g. on AWP- Albedo Warming Potential) than larger losses at a later date.

[gerontocrat]

NSIDC Area data (continued)

One oddity that is continuing is that
- area loss in the periphery now below average,
- area loss in the high Arctic now above average.

Not sure what that means (if anything). Ice in the Central seas (literally) in rotten shape?

[oren]

I moved the posts to the Melting Season thread where they belong, thank you BL for the heads up.

[Juan C. García]

[ADS NIPR VISHOP (JAXA)] Arctic Sea Ice Extent.

May 15^th, 2020:
     11,637,165 km², a century drop of -107,323 km².
     2020 is now 3^rd lowest on record.
     In the graph are today's 17 lowest years.
     Highlighted the 4 years with September lowest min (2012, 2019, 2016, 2007) & 2020.
      Source: https://ads.nipr.ac.jp/vishop/#/extent

[gerontocrat]

JAXA ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT:  11,637,165 KM2 as at 15-May-2020

- Extent loss on this day 107k, -60 k more than the average loss on this day (of the last 10 years) of 47k,
- Extent loss from maximum on this date is 2,810 k, 518 k, 22.6% more than the 10 year average of 2,293 k.
- Extent is at position #3 in the satellite record
- Extent is  69 k MORE than 2019,
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On average 23.0% of melting from maximum to minimum done, and 122 days to minimum

Projections. (Table JAXA-Arc1)

Average remaining melt (of the last 10 years) would produce a minimum in Sept 2020 of 3.98 million km2, 0.80 million km2 above the 2012 minimum of 3.18 million km2.
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“What a difference 2 days make, 48 little hours...”
The maximum daily loss in May (since 2002) by 21k followed by a century break counts as an event?

What comes next ?

[Ktb]

Semimonthly BOE evaluation - Mid monthly so no BOE comparison to other years

May 15th extent was 11,637,165 km². With on average 121 days to go until the end of the melt season on September 13th, we now require a daily drop of -87,910 km² for a BOE to occur. (See Attachment 1).

Total extent loss thus far in May 2020 was -989,855 km². And total extent loss so far this season is -2,810,476 km². This has resulted in the current average daily melt rate of -38,500 km². If the month of May ended today, this would be the 12th slowest rate of melt for the same period for the years 2007-2020. (See Attachment 2).
Additional note: The average melt from maximum to May 31st (2007-2019) is ~3.1 mil km², we are some 290,000 km² away with 16 days in May to go.

Looking only at the month of May thus far, we have averaged -65,990 km² per day. If the month of May ended today, this average daily drop places May 2020 as 2nd out of 14 (2007-2020) in average daily May melt, behind only 2010. (See Attachment 3).

What do the ASIF gods see in the melt season thread? Preconditioning. Albedo loss. Anomalous heat. High pressure ridging. Impending/continued snow loss over Eurasia.

[gerontocrat]

NSIDC Total Area as at 15-May-2020 (5 day trailing average) 10,807,936 KM2         

Total Area           10,807,936    km2       -241,934    km2   <   2010's average.  61,614    km2   >   2019 -689,541    km2   <   2000's average.           Total Change   -74    k   loss Peripheral Seas   -37    k   loss Central Seas___   -37    k   loss           Peripheral Seas          Okhotsk______   -4    k   loss Bering _______   -6    k   loss Hudson Bay___    3    k   gain Baffin  Bay____   -11    k   loss St Lawrence___   -1    k   loss Greenland____    1    k   gain Barents ______   -20    k   loss           Central Arctic  Ocean Seas          Chukchi______   -13    k   loss Beaufort_____   -5    k   loss CAA_________    2    k   gain East Siberian__   -1    k   loss Central Arctic_   -8    k   loss Laptev_______   -2    k   loss Kara_________   -9    k   loss

         
Sea ice area loss on this day 74 k, -11 k more than the 2010's average loss of 63 k         
         
- 2020 area is at position #3 in the satellite record.         
- 2020 Area is 242 k less than the 2010's average         
- 2020 Area is 690 k less than the 2000's average         
         
- 2020 Area is 62 k more than 2019          
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A significant series of daily sea ice loss emerging - but 2016 is still the year when early melt really pushed the AWP graph up.

[Juan C. García]

[ADS NIPR VISHOP (JAXA)] Arctic Sea Ice Extent.

May 16^th, 2020:
     11,549,869 km², a drop of -87,296 km².
     2020 is 3^rd lowest on record.
     In the graph are today's 17 lowest years.
     Highlighted the 4 years with September lowest min (2012, 2019, 2016, 2007) & 2020.
      Source: https://ads.nipr.ac.jp/vishop/#/extent

[gerontocrat]

JAXA ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT:  11,549,869 KM2 as at 16-May-2020

- Extent loss on this day 87k, -26 k more than the average loss on this day (of the last 10 years) of 61k,
- Extent loss from maximum on this date is 2,898 k, 545 k, 23.1% more than the 10 year average of 2,353 k.
- Extent is at position #3 in the satellite record
- Extent is  62 k MORE than 2019,
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On average 23.6% of melting from maximum to minimum done, and 121 days to minimum

Projections. (Table JAXA-Arc1)

Average remaining melt (of the last 10 years) would produce a minimum in Sept 2020 of 3.95 million km2, 0.77 million km2 above the 2012 minimum of 3.18 million km2.
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[gerontocrat]

It looks like no NSIDC data arriving today.

[Juan C. García]

[ADS NIPR VISHOP (JAXA)] Arctic Sea Ice Extent.

May 17^th, 2020:
     11,463,303 km², a drop of -86,566 km².
     2020 is 3^rd lowest on record.
     In the graph are today's 17 lowest years.
     Highlighted the 4 years with September lowest min (2012, 2019, 2016, 2007) & 2020.
      Source: https://ads.nipr.ac.jp/vishop/#/extent

[gerontocrat]

JAXA ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT:  11,463,303 KM2 as at 17-May-2020

- Extent loss on this day 87k, -29 k more than the average loss on this day (of the last 10 years) of 58k,
- Extent loss from maximum on this date is 2,984 k, 573 k, 23.8% more than the 10 year average of 2,411 k.
- Extent is at position #3 in the satellite record
- Extent is  42 k MORE than 2019,
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On average 24.2% of melting from maximum to minimum done, and 120 days to minimum

Projections. (Table JAXA-Arc1)

Average remaining melt (of the last 10 years) would produce a minimum in Sept 2020 of 3.92 million km2, 0.75 million km2 above the 2012 minimum of 3.18 million km2.
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With Arctic temperatures (per GFS) set to remain at 3 to 4.5 degrees celsius above average it is difficult not to see above average daily sea ice losses for the next week and more.

[gerontocrat]

NSIDC Total Area as at 17-May-2020 (5 day trailing average) 10,624,423 KM2         

Total Area           10,624,423    km2       -300,436    km2   <   2010's average.  12,616    km2   >   2019 -759,547    km2   <   2000's average.           Total Change   -98    k   loss Peripheral Seas   -48    k   loss Central Seas___   -50    k   loss           Peripheral Seas          Okhotsk______   -5    k   loss Bering _______   -6    k   loss Hudson Bay___    4    k   gain Baffin  Bay____   -9    k   loss St Lawrence___   -2    k   loss Greenland____   -2    k   loss Barents ______   -28    k   loss           Central Arctic  Ocean Seas          Chukchi______   -13    k   loss Beaufort_____   -3    k   loss CAA_________    1    k   gain East Siberian__   -2    k   loss Central Arctic_   -10    k   loss Laptev_______   -8    k   loss Kara_________   -15    k   loss

         
Sea ice area loss on this day 98 k, -37 k more than the 2010's average loss of 61 k         
         
- 2020 area is at position #3 in the satellite record.         
- 2020 Area is 300 k less than the 2010's average         
- 2020 Area is 760 k less than the 2000's average         
         
- 2020 Area is 13 k more than 2019          
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After looking at the tables attached...
- my first reaction was a Friv to whit "Fuck-a-Duck",
- my 2nd reaction was that I could not remember seeing just about every sea being clobbered this widespread way,
- my third reaction was - but look at Hudson Bay & the CAA, the cold in North Central Canada still hanging on,
- my 4th reaction was - these are 5 day trailing averages, which means more to come