Sunday, October 21, 2018

2018 sea ice refreeze is identical to melting to minima in reverse slow motion

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~Today's 2018 JAXA extent is #1 lowest within historical record ~Since minima refreeze pattern almost exact melting in reverse ~The...
Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Fram Strait sea ice melting Van Gogh style

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~Long without action Fram strait appears to melt incoming sea ice rapidly direct contact with +2 C water ,  cooled a bit from a summer of c...
Thursday, October 4, 2018

Slow melting Goodbye Waves examples

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~ 78 N 176 W very slow melting made obvious by individual Goodbye Waves readily identifiable day by day. ~   The waves in this case seem t...

Powerful Arctic Ocean heat feeds the dipole engine

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~The great minimum stall of 2018 highlights Not seeming warm +3 C sst near New Siberian Islands has some localized impact  .  Remember ...
Sunday, September 30, 2018

Open water towards 85 North at October's gate

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    The Atlantic front East of Spitsbergen is also advancing Northwards.  It is probably the slowest overall refreeze since 2012.  There i...
Monday, September 24, 2018

Thinner sea ice always with pervasive low clouds slowed the yearly melting rate in summer, but reduced accretion and extent in winter

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~Only much sunnier Arctic Ocean summers can cause greater melts... ~There was more solar forcing prior to 2013 ~                         ...
Sunday, September 16, 2018

Tale of 2 sides of the North Pole, one with fresh snow cover, the other a summer cloudy day

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 A 2018 special feature wide open water where no human has ever seen before,   was covered up by snow  ,  as if it never happened.  But i...
Saturday, September 15, 2018

Minima time rapid melting

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~When most September 15's are Minima time,  sea ice in 2018 is still rapidly vanishing NASA EOSDIS September 8-14-15 loop. 79 NORTH...
Thursday, September 13, 2018

Stealth sea surface temperatures

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~Although the record high surface water temperatures may appear currently smallish ~Their influence is somehow reflected in larger area of ...

LATE season melting examples

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~With clouds rarely absent ,  a  glimpse of pre-minima very late melting    Extraordinary "Goodbye Waves" action,  EOSDIS Se...