NSIDC Total AREA as at 30-Oct-2020 (5 day trailing average) 5,083,783 KM2 Total Area 5,083,783 km2 -1,372,133 km2 < 2010's average. -665,361 km2 < 2019 -2,421,214 km2 < 2000's average. Total Change 143 k gain Peripheral Seas 11 k gain Central Seas___ 132 k gain Peripheral Seas Okhotsk______ -2 k loss Bering _______ -0 k loss Hudson Bay___ 1 k gain Baffin Bay____ 5 k gain St Lawrence___ - k loss Greenland____ 7 k gain Barents ______ 1 k gain Central Arctic Ocean Seas Chukchi______ 16 k gain Beaufort_____ 24 k gain CAA_________ 29 k gain East Siberian__ 38 k gain Central Arctic_ -2 k loss Laptev_______ 13 k gain Kara_________ 14 k gain
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Sea ice area gain on this day 143 k, 20 k more than the 2010's average gain of 123 k
- 2020 area is at position #1 in the satellite record.
- 2020 Area is 1,372 k less than the 2010's average
- 2020 Area is 2,421 k less than the 2000's average
- 2020 Area is 205 k less than 2016
- 2020 Area is 665 k less than 2019
- 2020 Area is 1,100 k less than 2012
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NSIDC Total EXTENT as at 30-Oct-2020 (5 day trailing average) 6,255,035 KM2 NSIDC Sea ice EXTENT gain on this day 171 k, 61 k more than the 2010's average gain of 110k
- 2020 EXTENT is at position #1 in the satellite record.
- 2020 EXTENT is 1,687 k less than the 2010's average
- 2020 EXTENT is 2,581 k less than the 2000's average
- 2020 EXTENT is 785 k less than 2016
- 2020 EXTENT is 971 k less than 2019
- 2020 EXTENT is 1,299 k less than 2012
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Looks very much like the freezing season starting to do a catch-up as in 2007, 2012, 2019 but NOT 2016.
Both 5 day average area and extent daily gains well above average. The DAILY extent gains in the last 3 days are very high.
NSIDC daily extent change in Km2 Million
26 October 2020 0.083
27 October 2020 0.104
28 October 2020 0.181
29 October 2020 0.299
30 October 2020 0.188
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