JAXA ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT: 4,631,065 KM2 as at 12-Sep-2022
- Extent loss on this day 30k, 16 k more than the average loss on this day (of the last 10 years) of 14k,
- Extent loss from maximum on this date is 9,763 k, which is 189 k, 1.9% less than the 10 year average of 9,952 k.
- Extent is at position #12 in the 44 year satellite record
- Extent is 18 k MORE than 2021,
- Extent is 1,067 k MORE than 2020,
- Extent is 544 k MORE than 2019,
- Extent is 428 k MORE than 2016
- Extent is 1,424 k MORE than 2012
- Extent is 261 k MORE than the 2010's Average
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On average 99.6% of extent losses from maximum to minimum done, and on average 2 days to minimum
Projections. (Table JAXA-Arc1)
Average remaining extent loss (of the last 10 years) would produce a minimum in September 2022 of 4.59 million km2, 1.42 million km2 above the Sept 2012 record low minimum of 3.18 million km2, and 11th lowest in the satellite record
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