JAXA ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT: 5,929,649 KM2 as at 12-Aug-2022
- Extent loss on this day 65k, 7 k less than the average loss on this day (of the last 10 years) of 72k,
- Extent loss from maximum on this date is 8,464 k, which is 317 k, 3.6% less than the 10 year average of 8,781 k.
- Extent is at position #12 in the 44 year satellite record
- Extent is 307 k MORE than 2021,
- Extent is 745 k MORE than 2020,
- Extent is 1,016 k MORE than 2019,
- Extent is 509 k MORE than 2016
- Extent is 1,136 k MORE than 2012
- Extent is 407 k MORE than the 2010's Average
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On average 87.7% of extent losses from maximum to minimum done, and on average 33 days to minimum
Projections. (Table JAXA-Arc1)
Average remaining extent loss (of the last 10 years) would produce a minimum in September 2022 of 4.70 million km2, 1.52 million km2 above the Sept 2012 record low minimum of 3.18 million km2, and 13th lowest in the satellite record
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