NSIDC Total AREA as at 14-Oct-2020 (5 day trailing average) 3,812,393 KM2 Total Area 3,812,393 km2 -782,320 km2 < 2010's average. -293,348 km2 < 2019 -1,805,095 km2 < 2000's average. Total Change 92 k gain Peripheral Seas 10 k gain Central Seas___ 82 k gain Peripheral Seas Okhotsk______ 0 k gain Bering _______ -0 k loss Hudson Bay___ 0 k gain Baffin Bay____ -0 k loss St Lawrence___ - k loss Greenland____ 10 k gain Barents ______ -0 k loss Central Arctic Ocean Seas Chukchi______ 8 k gain Beaufort_____ 29 k gain CAA_________ 10 k gain East Siberian__ 7 k gain Central Arctic_ 26 k gain Laptev_______ 1 k gain Kara_________ 1 k gain
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Sea ice area gain on this day 92 k, 1 k less than the 2010's average gain of 93 k
- 2020 area is at position #2 in the satellite record.
- 2020 Area is 782 k less than the 2010's average
- 2020 Area is 1,805 k less than the 2000's average
- 2020 Area is 149 k less than 2016
- 2020 Area is 293 k less than 2019
- 2020 Area is 0 k more than 2012
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NSIDC Total EXTENT as at 14-Oct-2020 (5 day trailing average) 4,966,234 KM2 NSIDC Sea ice EXTENT gain on this day 85 k, 12 k less than the 2010's average gain of 97k
- 2020 EXTENT is at position #1 in the satellite record.
- 2020 EXTENT is 1029 k less than the 2010's average
- 2020 EXTENT is 2,155 k less than the 2000's average
- 2020 EXTENT is 534 k less than 2016
- 2020 EXTENT is 171 k less than 2019
- 2020 EXTENT is 98 k less than 2012
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Extent still lowest, but area back to 2nd lowest by a mere 463km2. What a tease.
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