NSIDC Total AREA as at 23-Oct-2020 (5 day trailing average) 4,345,534 KM2 Total Area 4,345,534 km2 -1,241,599 km2 < 2010's average. -383,531 km2 < 2019 -2,303,434 km2 < 2000's average. Total Change 59 k gain Peripheral Seas 6 k gain Central Seas___ 53 k gain Peripheral Seas Okhotsk______ 1 k gain Bering _______ 1 k gain Hudson Bay___ -0 k loss Baffin Bay____ -0 k loss St Lawrence___ - k loss Greenland____ 5 k gain Barents ______ 0 k gain Central Arctic Ocean Seas Chukchi______ -3 k loss Beaufort_____ -6 k loss CAA_________ 13 k gain East Siberian__ 2 k gain Central Arctic_ 40 k gain Laptev_______ 5 k gain Kara_________ 3 k gain
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Sea ice area gain on this day 59 k, 65 k less than the 2010's average gain of 124 k
- 2020 area is at position #1 in the satellite record.
- 2020 Area is 1,242 k less than the 2010's average
- 2020 Area is 2,303 k less than the 2000's average
- 2020 Area is 338 k less than 2016
- 2020 Area is 384 k less than 2019
- 2020 Area is 998 k less than 2012
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NSIDC Total EXTENT as at 23-Oct-2020 (5 day trailing average) 5,439,684 KM2 NSIDC Sea ice EXTENT gain on this day 68 k, 60 k less than the 2010's average gain of 128k
- 2020 EXTENT is at position #1 in the satellite record.
- 2020 EXTENT is 1,651 k less than the 2010's average
- 2020 EXTENT is 2,676 k less than the 2000's average
- 2020 EXTENT is 987 k less than 2016
- 2020 EXTENT is 478 k less than 2019
- 2020 EXTENT is 1,345 k less than 2012
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Note that NSIDC daily extent gain is accelerating.
Up by 92 k on the 22nd, 139k on the 23rd.
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