Friday, July 22, 2016

Shattering expectations and sea ice 2016

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~Great differences with 2013 demonstrated          How come 2016 melt season is not the same as 2013?  After all there were some lingering...
Friday, July 15, 2016

Keep rocking in the Arctic world, current melt and sea ice flow revealed

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~  2016 July sea ice action has remarkably steady Gyre flows and North Atlantic "breathing" ice front NASA EOSDIS last few days...
Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Illusions 2016 melt season: The bigger Arctic Gyre appears steady despite winds trying to stop it

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~ Fram Strait still has steady incoming ice as well.    There is a lot of talk about how dominant Arctic Ocean winds,  in some large part ...
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Thursday, July 7, 2016

Sea Ice survival last defence: Clouds and Cyclone friendly open water

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~2013 like Gyre stall possible but 2016 July icescape not at all like 2013.    What was hiding under the latest stable cyclone at about...
Monday, July 4, 2016

Sea ice affected by a lot of snow, THE END story

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~Not to forget tidal action NASA EOSDIS Barrow Strait rapid sea ice disintegration (June 29-July 3, 2016),  notice the greyish lookin...
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Thursday, June 30, 2016

Effects of greater snowfall are lasting in some regions.

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Lets focus on the Eastern  NW passage where there was more snowfall: What happens with more snowfall has long lasting implications for...
Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Near North Pole current Ice condition, between a rock frozen ice and a cloudy cooler place.

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   June 28,2016, near North Pole ice conditions show "pancakes"  typical of fluid sea ice,  terribly broken up.  Very little sig...
Monday, June 27, 2016

Despite contrarian winds, Beaufort Gyre current is still very strong

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NASA EOSDIS 11 days of June 2016 selected at about 2 or 3 day intervals.  You can see cyclones moving through along with contrarian winds,...
Tuesday, June 7, 2016

The models may be calculating the sea ice surface to air interface temperatures incorrectly

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~ Some surface buoys corroborate the prime horizon refraction rule    Having dealt before with doubtful calculations output by NOAA NCAR/N...
Sunday, June 5, 2016

Sometimes Top and bottom Melting looks like this

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  At onset of top melting the horizon appears slightly jagged,  water is setting on top of sea ice.  The ice core is very warmed yet colde...