Possible Seasonal Turn Here For Arctic Sea Ice?

[hatrack]

http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/index.html

[elocs]

1. Well, that's perfectly clear. Well, maybe not. n/t

[XemaSab]

2. .

:popcorn:

[RaleighNCDUer]

3. Of course, that is area coverage. It says nothing about thickness.

A slight increase in area coverage over last year means nothing if it is half as thick.

[The Croquist]

5. There is more multi-year ice then last year so there is a good

chance it is thicker.

The 2009 minimum was 542,031 km (11.5%) more then the 2008 minimum and 995,313 km (23.4%) more then the 2007 minimum. It still sucks compared to the 2003 minimum but at least it is moving in the right direction.


09/09/02 5,646,875
09/18/03 6,032,031
09/11/04 5,784,688
09/22/05 5,315,156
09/14/06 5,781,719
09/24/07 4,254,531
09/09/08 4,707,813
09/13/09 5,249,844

[OnlinePoker]

7. Just a thought

How much damage to the arctic ice is being caused by all the research vessels crisscrossing the basin each summer? Instead of having a homogeneous ice pack, it's being fractured, making it easier to melt on the edges in the ship's wakes. Is there a comprehensive list of research vessels that ply the arctic waters each year?

[pscot]

8. The Polar Sea is up there right now

I watched her sail out a couple weeks ago.

[The Croquist]

4. We are about due for the max

These are the last 8 years assuming that 2010 has peaked and the ice extent. As far as I know there is only about 8 years of daily sea ice available online.

03/21/03 14,844,063
03/10/04 14,360,313
03/06/05 14,098,906
03/11/06 13,782,344
03/10/07 13,945,625
03/09/08 14,516,875
03/05/09 14,412,813
03/08/10 14,375,000

8 Year Average 14,291,992

Now we see how much melts this summer.

[hatrack]

6. We're definitely in the zone for the seasonal turn - so the Faster Than Expected Derby may begin

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