JAXA ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT: 10,143,000 KM2 as at 13-Jun-2020
- Extent loss on this day 51k, 5 k less than the average loss on this day (of the last 10 years) of 56k,
- Extent loss from maximum on this date is 4,305 k, 463 k, 12.0% more than the 10 year average of 3,842 k.
- Extent is at position #2 in the satellite record
- Extent is -64 k LESS than 2019,
- Extent is 42 k MORE than 2016,
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On average 38.6% of melting from maximum to minimum done, and 93 days to minimum
Projections. (Table JAXA-Arc1)
Average remaining melt (of the last 10 years) would produce a minimum in Sept 2020 of 4.03 million km2, 0.86 million km2 above the 2012 minimum of 3.18 million km2.
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Another mediocre JAXA extent loss on this day.
Extent rises by one notch to #2 in the satellite record, but only because on this day extent in 2019 increased by 15k (and 6k on the 14th).
On graph-Arc2 - Daily Changes I have added 2016 and 2019. You can see now the record-breaking run in 2012 is over, from now, at least for the next month, daily changes in those 3 years (with ups and downs) are pretty similar.
The plume graph shows the effect on increasing the minimum minimum from 2012 daily changes is now just above 3 million km2, simply because by this date much of 2012's record extent losses are past.