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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #50 on: August 02, 2020, 05:23:43 PM »
JAXA:  1.95-2.45 (HIGH)
NSIDC:  2.20-2.70 (HIGH)

JAXA:  2.50-3.00 High
NSIDC:  2.75-3.25 Medium
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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #51 on: August 02, 2020, 05:36:00 PM »
July JAXA : 3.0-3.5, H
July NSIDC: 3.25-3.75, H
July PIOMAS:  3.5 - 4.0, H

August JAXA : 3.0-3.5, H
August NSIDC: 3.25-3.75, H
August PIOMAS:  3.5 - 4.0, H

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #52 on: August 02, 2020, 06:08:16 PM »
I repeat the values I gave for the two polls:

JAXA Sep min. 3.75-4.25 M km² confidence high
NSIDC Sep ave. 4.00-4.50 M km² confidence high

I confirm the bins from July and their confidence.
As for PIOMAS Sep volume I stay with the 4.25-4.75 k km³ bin, high confidence.

No change in here neither in the polls:
JAXA Sep min. 3.75-4.25 M km² high confidence
NSIDC Sep ave. 4.00-4.50 M km² high confidence
PIOMAS Sep vol. 4.25-4.75 k km³ high confidence
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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #53 on: August 03, 2020, 07:31:21 PM »
Increasing confidence.

JAXA:   3.75-4.25  Medium
NSIDC:   4.00-4.50  High
PIOMAS:  4.00-4.50  High

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #54 on: August 04, 2020, 02:50:51 PM »
June JAXA: 3.75-4.25 sqMm. Medium Confidence

June NSIDC: 4-4.5 sqMM. Medium Confidence

July JAXA: 3.5-4 sqMM. Medium Confidence

July NSDIC: 3.75-4.25 sqMM. Medium Confidence

July PIOMAS: 4,250-4,750 km3. Medium Confidence

Go big or go home!

August JAXA: 3.25-3.75 sqMM Very High Confidence

August NSDIC: 3.5-4.0 sqMM High Confidence

August PIOMAS: 3,750-4,250 km3 Very High Confidence
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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #55 on: August 04, 2020, 08:02:47 PM »
June
JAXA: 3.75-4.25 M
NSIDC: 4.25-4.75 M
PIOMAS: 4.25-4.75 M
July
JAXA 3.5 - 4.0 M
NSIDC 4.0 - 4.5 M
PIOMAS 4.25 - 4.75 H
PIOMAS (the prediction version used for SIPN entries) said the volume was arranged in a way that is bad for September extent at the beginning of June and it remained bad at the beginning of July.  SPIE (the Slater model) says the ice area was arranged in a way that was good for September extent at the beginning of July and its not bad now. Volume now would be the best way to resolve that difference, but I don't get to see what the PIOMAS prediction was until the SIPN report comes out at the end of the month. I think I have to have 3.5 inside my confidence interval because of PIOMAS, but I don't think it can smash 2012 so a 3.5-4 VH, or 3.75-4.25 H for NSIDC. If they were equally timely, I'd take volume signal over area signal, but there is no way I can have 4.25 outside the confidence interval based on what SPIE is saying now.

NSIDC 3.75-4.25 H

JAXA I just lop 0.3 off and round the uncertainty up from my NSIDC consideration and then see how that looks compared to the gerontocrat plume. It looks very 3.5-4 ish to my eyes but there is no way I give a VH to JAXA if I've stuck at H on NSIDC.

JAXA 3.5-4.0 H

PIOMAS anomaly follows a pretty consistent pattern 9 months out of 10. Is the next month going to be the unusual one? The bin has to be 4.25 - 4.75 and I think the risk of 4.75-5 is small but I'm not so confident about 4-4.25. The tipping point for VH is 25% risk. Its a close call. I reckon PIOMAS is more predictable than the other measures but I haven't ever paid much attention to the monthly average on PIOMAS rather than the daily volume, so I'm sticking at H.

PIOMAS 4.25-4.75 H

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #56 on: August 05, 2020, 08:58:05 AM »
JAXA: 3.25-3.75 high.
NSIDC: 3.75-4.25 high.
PIOMAS: 4.25-4.75 high.

JAXA: 3.25-3.75 high.
NSIDC: 3.75-4.25 high.
PIOMAS: 4.0-4.5 high.

JAXA: 3.25-3.75 high.
NSIDC: 3.75-4.25 very high.
PIOMAS: 3.75-4.25 very high. :)

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #57 on: August 07, 2020, 08:44:10 AM »
June predictions:
JAXA: 3.75 to 4.25 (Medium confidence)
PIOMAS: 4 to 4.5 (Medium confidence)
NSIDC: 4.25 to 4.75 (Medium confidence)

...
July predictions:
JAXA: 3.5 to 4.0 (Medium confidence)
PIOMAS: 3.75 to 4.25 (Medium confidence)
NSIDC: 4.0 to 4.5 (Medium confidence)

August predictions:
JAXA: 3.5 to 4.0 (High confidence)
PIOMAS: 3.75 to 4.25 (High confidence)
NSIDC: 3.75 to 4.25 (High confidence)

I'm not actually at all high in confidence, but thar's the way this game is scored.

Already thinking I went too low here. Oh well, should have waited.

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #58 on: August 07, 2020, 09:03:34 AM »
The last week of low extent losses does not really say very much about what the final outcome will be. Very low extent losses at this time and with the ice in the state that it is couid simply be setting up for major losses next week.
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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #59 on: August 07, 2020, 11:18:49 AM »
Already thinking I went too low here. Oh well, should have waited.
As I understand this challenge, there is still time to change your August prediction, if you want to do it.
On the 3 polls we have the chance to change them until the first hours on August 11th. It will be convenient if Richard Rathbone tell us the deadline on this challenge.
« Last Edit: August 07, 2020, 11:24:37 AM by Juan C. García »
Which is the best answer to Sep-2012 ASI lost (compared to 1979-2000)?
50% [NSIDC Extent] or
73% [PIOMAS Volume]

Volume is harder to measure than extent, but 3-dimensional space is real, 2D's hide ~50% thickness gone.
-> IPCC/NSIDC trends [based on extent] underestimate the real speed of ASI lost.

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #60 on: August 07, 2020, 01:43:25 PM »
Already thinking I went too low here. Oh well, should have waited.
As I understand this challenge, there is still time to change your August prediction, if you want to do it.
On the 3 polls we have the chance to change them until the first hours on August 11th. It will be convenient if Richard Rathbone tell us the deadline on this challenge.

Its in both the first post and a post on August 1st. Midnight UK time on the day the polls close which is about 20 hours after the polls close.

Forum rules changed so I can't edit the first post any more which is why its only a generic statement in the rules and the specific time is easy to miss in the middle of the thread now. I bump the thread with a reminder when its getting close too.

The rules do allow you to change up until the deadline. I might change that next year since the forum has restricted edits since I first ran this and it caught me out this year. Edit your original post if you can, otherwise make a fresh post quoting your earlier ones.

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #61 on: August 07, 2020, 06:03:56 PM »
Richard, if you wish you can PM me with any edits and I can insert them in.

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #62 on: August 07, 2020, 06:06:37 PM »
Its in both the first post and a post on August 1st. Midnight UK time on the day the polls close which is about 20 hours after the polls close.

So the deadline is August 11th:

Editing to change a prediction is allowed at any time before the deadline. Editing for any reason after the deadline will result in disqualification of that entry.
Open for August entries. Oren provides a nice example of the preferred way to format them in the previous post.

Deadline is midnight UK time on August 11th which is approximately 20 hours after the polls close.
« Last Edit: August 07, 2020, 07:26:36 PM by Juan C. García »
Which is the best answer to Sep-2012 ASI lost (compared to 1979-2000)?
50% [NSIDC Extent] or
73% [PIOMAS Volume]

Volume is harder to measure than extent, but 3-dimensional space is real, 2D's hide ~50% thickness gone.
-> IPCC/NSIDC trends [based on extent] underestimate the real speed of ASI lost.

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #63 on: August 07, 2020, 07:59:46 PM »
JAXA:  1.95-2.45 (HIGH)
NSIDC:  2.20-2.70 (HIGH)


JAXA:  2.50-3.00 High
NSIDC:  2.75-3.25 Medium

JAXA:  2.75-3.25 High
NSIDC:  3.00-3.50 High

« Last Edit: August 07, 2020, 09:15:25 PM by glennbuck »

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #64 on: August 07, 2020, 11:46:13 PM »
June predictions:
JAXA: 3.75 to 4.25 (Medium confidence)
PIOMAS: 4 to 4.5 (Medium confidence)
NSIDC: 4.25 to 4.75 (Medium confidence)

...
July predictions:
JAXA: 3.5 to 4.0 (Medium confidence)
PIOMAS: 3.75 to 4.25 (Medium confidence)
NSIDC: 4.0 to 4.5 (Medium confidence)

August predictions:
JAXA: 3.5 to 4.0 (High confidence)
PIOMAS: 3.75 to 4.25 (High confidence)
NSIDC: 3.75 to 4.25 (High confidence)

I'm not actually at all high in confidence, but thar's the way this game is scored.

Please edit up my August nsidc prediction to 4.0 to 4.5 (confidence still laughably high). Thank you for accepting edits even without the ability to edit posts!

EDIT: Actually, please could I edit them all up half a bin:

August JAXA 3.75 - 4.25 (High confidence)
August PIOMAS: 4.0 to 4.5 (High confidence)
August nsidc  4.0 to 4.5 (High confidence)
« Last Edit: August 09, 2020, 07:15:29 PM by Paddy »

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #65 on: August 10, 2020, 06:11:22 AM »
June poll for JAXA: 3.50-4.00M km2 MC (Medium confidence)
June poll for NSIDC: 4.00-4.50M km2 MC (Medium confidence)
June poll for PIOMAS: 4.00-4.50K km3 MC (Medium confidence)
July poll for JAXA: 3.50-4.00M km2 HC (High confidence)
July poll for NSIDC: 3.75-4.25M km2 HC (High confidence)
July poll for PIOMAS: 3.75-4.25K km3 HC (High confidence)
August poll for JAXA: 3.50-4.00M km2 HC (High confidence)
August poll for NSIDC: 4.00-4.50M km2 HC (High confidence)
August poll for PIOMAS: 3.75-4.25K km3 HC (High confidence)
Which is the best answer to Sep-2012 ASI lost (compared to 1979-2000)?
50% [NSIDC Extent] or
73% [PIOMAS Volume]

Volume is harder to measure than extent, but 3-dimensional space is real, 2D's hide ~50% thickness gone.
-> IPCC/NSIDC trends [based on extent] underestimate the real speed of ASI lost.

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #66 on: August 10, 2020, 02:35:58 PM »
Dropping down half a bin on all 3 as the high stayed high & the sun kept shining, & then the wind blew in the Beaufort.

August poll for JAXA: 3.25-3.75M km2 VHC (Very high confidence)
August poll for NSIDC: 3.75-4.25M km2 VHC (Very high confidence)
August poll for PIOMAS: 3.50-4.00K km3 VHC (Very high confidence).

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #67 on: August 11, 2020, 04:08:55 PM »
Polls are closed but there are still almost 9 hours to make (or edit) an entry before the challenge deadline.

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #68 on: August 20, 2020, 01:34:39 AM »
https://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/
NSIDC is publishing some of its predictions in their mid-August news, so there's a chance to see some of their SIPN entries before the SIPN report is published at the end of the month, and a couple based on the latest (Aug 17th) data.

Aug 17th is 4.23+-0.19 by the gerontocrat plume style method, which is 4-4.5 VH in challenge terms.
Aug 1st is 3.93+-0.36 which I'd translate to 3.75-4.25 H
The Slater method is 4.48 (they don't quote a range, but Slater reckoned it beat the plume method), so that would be 4.25-4.75 VH

Anyone feeling nervous about how their predictions are doing yet?

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #69 on: August 20, 2020, 05:54:46 AM »
Quote from: Richard Rathbone
Anyone feeling nervous about how their predictions are doing yet?

Slightly reassured that their predictions roughly match my own, but if the current rate of loss continues, and/or if storm Ellen hits the ice, both they and I may have been a bit on the high side.

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #70 on: August 20, 2020, 03:19:23 PM »
https://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/
NSIDC is publishing some of its predictions in their mid-August news, so there's a chance to see some of their SIPN entries before the SIPN report is published at the end of the month, and a couple based on the latest (Aug 17th) data.

Aug 17th is 4.23+-0.19 by the gerontocrat plume style method, which is 4-4.5 VH in challenge terms.
Aug 1st is 3.93+-0.36 which I'd translate to 3.75-4.25 H
The Slater method is 4.48 (they don't quote a range, but Slater reckoned it beat the plume method), so that would be 4.25-4.75 VH

Anyone feeling nervous about how their predictions are doing yet?

Combining all three, we have a very wide range of 3.75 - 4.75.  At 4.0 - 4.5, my guess sits right in the middle and corresponds with the gerontocrat plume style.  Not nervous yet.

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #72 on: September 01, 2020, 04:36:38 PM »

June SIPN report has some interesting predictions.
https://www.arcus.org/sipn/sea-ice-outlook/2020/june 

University of Washington (PIOMAS in forecast mode) is making the lowest forecast of all SIPN entries, 3.2 +- 0.4
CPOM (Schroeder's melt pond statistic) is the statistical method making the lowest prediction, 3.8 +-0.5 with a 30% chance of a new record
The US Navy has the highest prediction 6.2 +-0.7
Nico Sun (posts here as Tealight) predicts 4.09-5.41 median 4.84 on the basis of his albedo model.
The UCL team (similar type of statistical model as Slater's) forecasts 3.96 +-0.34

July SIPN entries (based on June data) are now published.
PIOMAS forecast still thinks its going to be really low 3.35 +-0.4 though there is now one other model forecasting lower.
CPOM has backed off (due to low melt pond formation in early June) and is now saying 4.3 +-0.5
The US Navy still has the highest prediction but its dropped to 5.2 median 4.9-5.8 range
Nico Sun drops to median 4.41 range 3.96-4.74
The Slater model is one of the highest at 4.64
The UCL team is up to 4.3 +-0.27

August SIPN report is now out. Lots of regression to the mean going on.
PIOMAS forecast jumps up to 3.81 and is now the third lowest forecast.
US Navy drops to 4.2
Nico Sun tightens to 4.36 range 4.13-4.50
The Slater model drops to 4.48, it doesn't look like a good year for this technique.
The UCL variant sticks at 4.3 though its actually slightly more uncertain than it was in July! +-0.3

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #73 on: September 02, 2020, 09:49:11 PM »
Going for Very High Confidence on JAXA was a mistake...
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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #74 on: September 03, 2020, 12:11:51 AM »
I reckon you have a pretty good chance of getting away with it.

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #75 on: September 03, 2020, 06:19:06 AM »
>50% is enough to have positive mathematical expectation. Even if High Confidence was a better choice, 3.25-3.75 seems the most probable at this time.

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #76 on: September 03, 2020, 08:30:31 PM »
Possible PIOMAS September average based on previous years:

2000   4,314
2001   4,256
2002   4,278
2003   4,255
2004   4,300
2005   4,159
2006   4,110
2007   4,223
2008   3,894
2009   4,139
2010   4,257
2011   4,202
2012   4,174
2013   4,257
2014   4,126
2015   4,218
2016   4,203
2017   4,324
2018   4,217
2019   4,347

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #77 on: September 04, 2020, 01:37:16 PM »
PIOMAS - IFF volume loss to minimum and the volume gain to end of September is at the average of the last 10 years, the PIOMAS September Monthly Average will be 4.229 thousand km3, almost exactly on the value calculated from the linear trend.

CAVEAT - but it won't.
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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #78 on: September 04, 2020, 03:18:32 PM »
I lose 10 points on PIOMAS between 4.251 and 4.249 and thats probably going to the wire. I'd sell my position at 6 points or buy at 3 at the moment.

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #79 on: September 06, 2020, 10:28:02 PM »
This is a big dice roll so early in the season, but I'll throw my hat in.

JAXA: 3.75-4.25     High
NSIDC: 4.0-4.5      High
PIOMAS: 3.75-4.25 Medium

I am surprised, that my estimates may actually turn out to be too *high*.

NSIDC is below 4.0 million km2
Jaxa may pass 3.75 shortly.
I may still be in play with PIOMAS.

I'm pretty shocked.
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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #80 on: October 06, 2020, 07:53:52 AM »
June predictions:
JAXA: 3.75 to 4.25 (Medium confidence)
PIOMAS: 4 to 4.5 (Medium confidence)
NSIDC: 4.25 to 4.75 (Medium confidence)

...
July predictions:
JAXA: 3.5 to 4.0 (Medium confidence)
PIOMAS: 3.75 to 4.25 (Medium confidence)
NSIDC: 4.0 to 4.5 (Medium confidence)

August predictions:
JAXA: 3.5 to 4.0 (High confidence)
PIOMAS: 3.75 to 4.25 (High confidence)
NSIDC: 3.75 to 4.25 (High confidence)

I'm not actually at all high in confidence, but thar's the way this game is scored.

Please edit up my August nsidc prediction to 4.0 to 4.5 (confidence still laughably high). Thank you for accepting edits even without the ability to edit posts!

EDIT: Actually, please could I edit them all up half a bin:

August JAXA 3.75 - 4.25 (High confidence)
August PIOMAS: 4.0 to 4.5 (High confidence)
August nsidc  4.0 to 4.5 (High confidence)

I think my final score is 27 (7  for June + 10 for July + 10 for August... Or 8 for JAXA + 14 for PIOMAS + 5 for NSIDC). How'd the rest of you do?

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #81 on: October 06, 2020, 10:14:57 AM »
JAXA: 3.25-3.75 high.
NSIDC: 3.75-4.25 high.
PIOMAS: 4.25-4.75 high.

JAXA: 3.25-3.75 high.
NSIDC: 3.75-4.25 high.
PIOMAS: 4.0-4.5 high.

JAXA: 3.25-3.75 high.
NSIDC: 3.75-4.25 very high.
PIOMAS: 3.75-4.25 very high. :)

JuneJulyAugust
JAXA666
NSIDC6610
PIOMAS2610

Sum = 58.

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #82 on: October 06, 2020, 11:05:47 AM »
JAXA: 3.5-4.0 (medium) 4 points
NSIDC: 4.0-4.5 (high) 2 points
PIOMAS 4.25-4.75 High 2 points
July:
JAXA: 3.5-4.0 (high) 6 points
NSIDC: 3.75-4.25 (medium) 4 points
PIOMAS 3.75-4.25 (medium) 4 points
August:
JAXA: 3.25-3.75 (high) 6 points
NSIDC: 3.50-4.00 (medium) 4 points
PIOMAS 3.50-4.00 (high) 2 points

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Points are scored as follows:
Very High Confidence: 10 points if you pick the correct bin, -10 points for all other bins.
High Confidence: 6 points for the correct bin, 2 points if one bin out, -2 points if two bins out, -6 points for all other bins
Medium Confidence: 4 points for the correct bin, 2 points if one bin out, 1 point if two bins out, -1 if three bins out, -2 if four bins out, -4 points for all other bins
Low Confidence: 2 points for the correct bin, 1 point if within 3 bins, -1 point if 4-6 bins out, -2 points for all other bins
Very Low Confidence: 1 point if in the correct bin, no score (or penalty) for any other bin.

34 measly points. In retrospect I should have gone for high, not medium, as I had 6 on target and 3 one bin out. OTOH, high confidence would have backfired mightily.

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #83 on: October 06, 2020, 11:08:21 PM »
... the PIOMAS September Monthly Average will be 4.229 thousand km3, almost exactly on the value calculated from the linear trend.

CAVEAT - but it won't.

PIOMAS usually publishes a rounded value in the monthly comment and the exact value in the monthly data. They have not yet released the exact monthly data. The rounded value is 4.3K km3! That will make a difference in our monthly poll.
http://psc.apl.uw.edu/research/projects/arctic-sea-ice-volume-anomaly/
Which is the best answer to Sep-2012 ASI lost (compared to 1979-2000)?
50% [NSIDC Extent] or
73% [PIOMAS Volume]

Volume is harder to measure than extent, but 3-dimensional space is real, 2D's hide ~50% thickness gone.
-> IPCC/NSIDC trends [based on extent] underestimate the real speed of ASI lost.

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #84 on: October 07, 2020, 06:24:58 AM »
My score is 42 in this case. Monthly average is 4.333. All daily values are below monthly average for some reason.

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #85 on: October 07, 2020, 06:57:27 AM »
All daily values are below monthly average for some reason.
Yes. It is impossible to understand how PIOMAS has a rounded average of 4,300 km3, if almost all the daily values are under this figure. And there are other reasons as well. ADS-JAXA extent and NSIDC extent and area show that 2020 was completely under 2019. Polarstern's trip to the North Pole appears to have thin ASI.  And the PIOMAS gif that Wipneus makes on daily values, shows that the volume at Beaufort is overestimated. So, it looks like even the daily values are overestimated.

 :(

PIOMAS has upgraded the gridded thickness data upto day 274 (30th Sep/1st Okt as you like). Calculated volume on that day wa 4.3 [1000lm3], which is the second lowest value for day 274.

Minimum volume was reached on day 261: 4.03 [1000lm3], second lowest.

Here is the September animation.

P.S. Now I see that PIOMAS has released the value of 4.333K km3 for September.  :o
http://psc.apl.uw.edu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/schweiger/ice_volume/PIOMAS.2sst.monthly.Current.v2.1.txt
« Last Edit: October 07, 2020, 07:13:00 AM by Juan C. García »
Which is the best answer to Sep-2012 ASI lost (compared to 1979-2000)?
50% [NSIDC Extent] or
73% [PIOMAS Volume]

Volume is harder to measure than extent, but 3-dimensional space is real, 2D's hide ~50% thickness gone.
-> IPCC/NSIDC trends [based on extent] underestimate the real speed of ASI lost.

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #86 on: October 07, 2020, 09:18:41 AM »
June JAXA: 3.75-4.25 sqMm. Medium Confidence

June NSIDC: 4-4.5 sqMM. Medium Confidence

July JAXA: 3.5-4 sqMM. Medium Confidence

July NSDIC: 3.75-4.25 sqMM. Medium Confidence

July PIOMAS: 4,250-4,750 km3. Medium Confidence

Go big or go home!

August JAXA: 3.25-3.75 sqMM Very High Confidence

August NSDIC: 3.5-4.0 sqMM High Confidence

August PIOMAS: 3,750-4,250 km3 Very High Confidence

I'll ignore PIOMAS, as their average September being lower than most of the daily values makes no sense.

JAXA: 2+4+10
NSDIC: 2+4+6

Total: 28
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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #87 on: October 07, 2020, 10:27:18 AM »
With the corrected PIOMAS, my score drops a little further, from 27 to 25. Oh well.

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #88 on: October 07, 2020, 01:41:32 PM »
The simple average for September 2020 PIOMAS volume is 4.163 thousand km3.

The simple average for September 2019 PIOMAS volume is 4.181 thousand km3, which almost agrees with the figure in the Polar Science Center table of 4.188 thousand km3.

The figure of 4.333 thousand km3 must be an error.
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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #89 on: October 08, 2020, 06:36:35 PM »
June poll for JAXA: 3.50-4.00M km2 MC (Medium confidence)
June poll for NSIDC: 4.00-4.50M km2 MC (Medium confidence)
June poll for PIOMAS: 4.00-4.50K km3 MC (Medium confidence)
July poll for JAXA: 3.50-4.00M km2 HC (High confidence)
July poll for NSIDC: 3.75-4.25M km2 HC (High confidence)
July poll for PIOMAS: 3.75-4.25K km3 HC (High confidence)
August poll for JAXA: 3.50-4.00M km2 HC (High confidence)
August poll for NSIDC: 4.00-4.50M km2 HC (High confidence)
August poll for PIOMAS: 3.75-4.25K km3 HC (High confidence)

So, from my point of view, the winner bins are 3.75-4.25 and 4.00-4.50 thousand km3. There were 21 votes on those bins, of the total of 63 votes, which represent one third of the votes.

If we consider the 4,333 km3 value, the winner bins are 4.00-4.50 and 4.25-4.75 thousand km3. There were 9 votes on those bins, which represent 14.3% of the votes.

I have an emotional conflict accepting the official PIOMAS monthly average, so I am publishing both calculations.  ;)
« Last Edit: October 08, 2020, 06:59:39 PM by Juan C. García »
Which is the best answer to Sep-2012 ASI lost (compared to 1979-2000)?
50% [NSIDC Extent] or
73% [PIOMAS Volume]

Volume is harder to measure than extent, but 3-dimensional space is real, 2D's hide ~50% thickness gone.
-> IPCC/NSIDC trends [based on extent] underestimate the real speed of ASI lost.

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Re: September predictions challenge 2020
« Reply #90 on: October 08, 2020, 10:01:30 PM »
All of my bets were one bin too high (takin' the lower PIOMAS volume as a reference). I early went for high confidence which gives me 3*2 = 6 points for each month, totaling 18 points in the end.
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