Showing posts with label north pole. Show all posts
Showing posts with label north pole. Show all posts

2019/08/16

Arctic Sea Ice 2019-08-15

Latest update
Still shows a likely 2019 minimum of around 4.1 million km2
But unlikely to be below 2012 minimum



2019/08/05

Arctic Sea Ice 2019-08-05

Arctic Sea Ice Extent from ADS


Data is lining up to be a normal reduction in extent (i.e. not an exceptional loss like 2012).

This would give a 2019 minimum of around 4.1 million km2 if rate of loss is maintained





2019/04/26

Sea ice 2019 April

Some growth this year after the onset of melt season - but overall the decline in extent continues as normal (see second plot).

Data from  https://ads.nipr.ac.jp/vishop/#/extent

Some changes to plots from previous versions.



2012/07/07

NP Web Cams - Loads of Water


Webcam 2 seems to show footprints in snow!
Webcam 1 sits on an island of snow in the surface water.
Melting similar to 2011 (perhaps a bit later)


The webcams have moved about 4 deg south since installation:


So what about the mass of ice: