Sunday, April 3, 2016

Illusions and implications of a deeper Arctic snow layer

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~Arctic surface snow depth turns out to be a very complex issue.           The very powerful  El-Nino 2016 almost peaked at Christmas 2015...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Arctic Ocean Archipelago sea First Melt 2016 , earliest in recent historical record

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~There is also some unfamiliar gyrations or lack thereof of the sea ice horizon     What is sea ice first melt?   Best explained by observ...
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Monday, February 8, 2016

2016 Arctic sea ice thickness may be thinnest in history?

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~Satellite sensors and refraction method match results. ~On a wider scale 2016 is heading towards a furtherance of  all time melt records. ...
Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Northerm Hemisphere temperature projection successful yet again.....

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~The warm year was not only because of El-Nino Todays NY Times headline: 2015 Was Hottest Year in Historical Record, Scientists ...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016

In total darkness Mid-winter Record shattering heat surge over the Arctic Ocean

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~There were Cyclonic incursions in the past , but there was more sea ice thickness ~Density Weighted Temperatures of the Northern Hemispher...
Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Record shattering solstice temperatures causation: El-Nino? No . AGW ? No. Warming seas less Arctic sea ice? No.... All three? Yes

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~World wide warming strictly attributed to El-Nino is quite misleading These winter solstice  headlines: UK: Winter solstice 2015 ma...
Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Pack consolidation confirmed one month late

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~Sure sign of consolidation,  winter has started for the Northern Hemisphere     Temperatures colder than -15 C at the North Pole Area ...
Wednesday, September 23, 2015

All long range weather projections must consider Sea Ice extent to be correct; April 19 2015 forecast comes through in September!

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~El-Nino cooling great parts of Eastern North America did not happen. ~If only sea ice extent projections were just as easy as long range p...
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Friday, July 24, 2015

2015 major melt contributor: lack of snowfall during preceding winter.

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~Snowfall accelerates sea ice refreezing process ~Lack of snow increases accretion on existing sea ice  while reducing extent at yearly max...
Tuesday, July 21, 2015

It seems already time to pronounce Bye Bye 2012 record sea ice minima

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With a warming El-Nino comes the prospect of more clouds,  but irrelevant during warm Arctic Summer because clouds form a whole lot less wi...