JAXA ARCTIC SEA ICE EXTENT: 12,298,637 KM2 as at 14-May-2023
- Extent loss on this day 49k, 14 k less than the average loss on this day (of the last 10 years) of 63k,
- Extent loss from maximum on this date is 1,825 k, which is 460 k, 20.1% less than the 10 year average of 2,284 k.
- Extent is at position #13 in the 45 year satellite record
- Extent is 15 k LESS than 2022,
- Extent is 229 k MORE than 2021,
- Extent is 554 k MORE than 2020,
- Extent is 641 k MORE than 2019,
- Extent is 1,005 k MORE than 2016
- Extent is 161 k LESS than 2012
- Extent is 301 k MORE than the 2010's Average
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On average 23.2% of extent losses from maximum to minimum done, and on average 123 days to minimum
Projections. (Table JAXA-Arc1)
Average remaining extent loss (of the last 10 years) would produce a minimum in September 2023 of 4.74 million km2, 1.56 million km2 above the Sept 2012 record low minimum of 3.18 million km2, and 14th lowest in the satellite record
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