JAXA ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT: 5,062,630 KM2 as at 29-Aug-2022
- Extent loss on this day 32k, 3 k less than the average loss on this day (of the last 10 years) of 35k,
- Extent loss from maximum on this date is 9,331 k, which is 323 k, 3.3% less than the 10 year average of 9,654 k.
- Extent is at position #12 in the 44 year satellite record
- Extent is 56 k MORE than 2021,
- Extent is 1,004 k MORE than 2020,
- Extent is 734 k MORE than 2019,
- Extent is 659 k MORE than 2016
- Extent is 1,512 k MORE than 2012
- Extent is 416 k MORE than the 2010's Average
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On average 96.4% of extent losses from maximum to minimum done, and on average 16 days to minimum
Projections. (Table JAXA-Arc1)
Average remaining extent loss (of the last 10 years) would produce a minimum in September 2022 of 4.71 million km2, 1.53 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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