Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Spontaneous meltdown, a matter of ice temperature.

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             North of Alaska new rapid melting area 120,000 Km^2 appears sudden,  but is more something to do with water and sea ice tempe...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

40% ice? Resolution at Cryosphere Today radically misses wide open water .

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           Cryosphere today ,  August 18, 2014 .  Infamous McClintock passage of the NW passage.  The same channel responsible for the dea...
Saturday, August 16, 2014

7 day ice melt, as fast as it goes, but late in the season

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Despite clouds NOAA Visible wavelength sat pictures clearly depict rapid melt and clockwise rotation of North Beaufort Sea Ice.   The wide...
Monday, August 11, 2014

Rapid disintegration rate may not be measured accurately because there is more than 15% of sea ice left.

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   There is lateral displacement of sea ice every where as seen here for NOAA visible pictures between August 9, 2014 (mostly clear) and A...
Thursday, August 7, 2014

15,091 km^2 lost but likely no noticeable record of it

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~Must be aware that overall records need a closer look August 5-6-7 2014  NASA EOSDIS   Lower left cloud is 5,  clear air is 6 and U...
Wednesday, July 2, 2014

What is the difference?

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  Cryosphere Today very much like 2007 and 2012 so far.  Both preceding years have common sea ice features.  But 2014 has likely over al...
Monday, June 30, 2014

And NOW the Ocean is the HEAT SINK

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~Top of sea ice Final stages of a buoy before it floats on sea water.     June 13 2014,  buoy 2014b sits on top of sea ice with heat taki...
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Thursday, June 26, 2014

Anatomy of doomed sea ice

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~Optical Effects from atmospheric refraction help reveal thickness of buoy ice 2014b presently has significant temperature variations at ...
Sunday, June 22, 2014

The COAST is TOASTING sea ice.

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During same time period the Beaufort sea opened extremely fast,  courtesy NASA EOSDIS, June 21 (the one with less...
Thursday, June 19, 2014

From optical based hypothesis to reality

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~Must consider present snow layer as an upward extension of sea ice ~~Hypothesis largely confirmed!!!     A typical da...