OH MY GOD. So let me get this straight
The 50+ mile wide strips of 4M+ ice that PIOMAS has incorrectly modeled going back to Spring have maintained themselves through some process where the broken up chunks of one to two meter ice are somehow being flung/thrusted on top of each other over and area that's like 50 to 100 miles wide and 5 times as long?
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What the
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Not to forget the fact that thing entire region has been hit WITHOUT PAUSE by relentless heat and sun. Phoenix keeps reiterating that temps are EDGIBNG CLOSER TO 0C in GFS land.
TWO THINGS....
1. The MELTING POINT OF SEA ICE IS ROUGHLY -1.5C TO -1.8C.
SO SURFACE TEMPS ABOVE 0C ARE ROUGHLY 2C ABOVE THE FREEZING POINT OF THE SEA ICE GOING BACK ALMOST A MONTH.
SO A MONTH OF RELENTLESS WARMTH AND LOTS OF SUN AND... SOMEWHERE AROUND 6-10 DAYS OF DOWNSLOPING WINDS PUSHING 5-15C TEMPS OVER THE LINCOLN SEA WHICH SAW THE SOUTHERN 2/3RDS OF THE CAB TURN INTO A GIANT MELT LAKE THAT APPEARED ON AMSR2 AS 50-70 PERCENT CONCENTRATION OF ICE UNTIL IT SUBSEQUENTLY DRAINED SHORTLY AFTER.
AND since they drained temperatures have remained well above freezing.
ALBEDO HAS REMAINED VERY LOW.
THE ICE SURFACE RESEMBLES WET BARE ICE WITH MELT PONDS EVERYWHERE.
THE MODIS REPRESENTATION SHOWS THIS AREA OF UNPRECEDENTED 4M THICK ICE THAT STACKS ONTO ITSELF OVER A REGION THAT IS ROUGHLY 50-100 MILES WIDE AND 5X AS LONG AS BEING TOTALLY SMASHED INTO SMALL, VERY SMALL, AND TO SMALL TO SEE ON MODIS.
OH AND EVEN THO THE WIND HAS BEEN UNIFORM OVER THESE REGIONS NOW VISIBLY LARGE FETCHES OF OPEN WATER. THAT CONTAINS NO ICE ARE NOW EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS GOLDILOCKS ZONE.
NOT TO FORGET A HUGE 40 MILE WIDE AREA OF OPEN WATER BETWEEN THE COAST AND THE GOLDILOCKS FIELD OF DESTROYED ICE FLOES.
THIS SWATH OF OPEN WATER IS SO BIG AND DEVOID OF ICE THAT MICROWAVE SATELLITE SCANS ARE PICKING UP 1-2 DEGREES C SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES WITHIN THIS OPEN WATER.
ANOTHER UNPRECEDENTED PART OF THIS MELT SEASON.
TWO MORE POINTS BEFORE I END MY RENT AND APOLOGIZE FOR BEING CONDESCENDING BUT I JUST CANNOT TAKE THIS NONSENSE I COME HERE SO A BUNCH OF REALLY SMART GUYS CAN GET TOGETHER AND TRACK AN UNPRESIDENTED CLIMATE EVENT TOGETHER. A CAMARADERIE THAT I THOUGHT WAS GROUNDED IN THE PURSUIT OF FACTUAL SCIENCE AND EVIDENCE. AND YET HERE WE ARE STANDING ON THE SHORES OF THE THINGS WE HAVE NEVER SEEN IN MODERN HUMAN HISTORY ON THIS PLANET.
AND YET THE SCIENTIFIC PROCESS OF COURSE HAS TO BE S*** ON BY PEOPLE WHO JUST CAN'T COME TO GRIPS WITH REALITY.
THIS SHOW STOPPING B******* JUST MAKES PEOPLE LIKE ME AND MANY OTHERS JUST STOP TALKING AND JUST START TRACKING IT BY MYSELF.
@CSNAVY ABOVE LAID OUT VERY WELL. EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE ISSUE OF SEA ICE AREA AND YET WE HAVE ENDLESS DISCUSSION ABOUT SOME SLOW DOWN IN THIS UNPRECEDENTED EVENT THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED AT ALL. THERE IS ZERO EVIDENCE OF THIS HAPPENING AND YET IT'S DOMINATING CONVERSATION.
I ALSO WANT TO ADD TWO MORE THINGS PIOMAS IS WRONG.
CRYOSAT IS REAL LIFE MEASUREMENTS. AND YET IT'S STILL BEING IGNORED FOR SOMETHING THAT IS CLEARLY WRONG.
WHICH IS ONLY BECAUSE OF AGENDA-DRIVEN IDEOLOGY THAT UNDERMINES THE SCIENTIFIC TRUTH THAT SHOULD BE PARAMOUNT HERE.
AND LAST I WOULD THINK THAT IT'S COMMON SENSE THE IDEA OF WEIGHT DISPLACEMENT.
AND HOW MUCH FORCE WOULD BE NEEDED TO DISPLACE ICE HEAVY ICE ON TOP OF ITSELF OVER SUCH A LARGE AREA WHEN THE ACTUAL ATMOSPHERIC FORCING FROM BELOW IN FROM ABOVE PROBABLY COVERS ABOUT 1% OF THE ENERGY REQUIRED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN...
AND THE FORCE FROM THE ATMOSPHERE ABOVE AND BELOW IS ALMOST EQUAL EVERYWHERE AND THIS REGION AGAIN SAYING THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
ALL RIGHT I'M DONE YOU GUYS ENJOY THIS NONSENSE