Arctic ice trends

[Crick]

 

[skookerasbil]

Good news from AGU14 8216 Arctic sea ice is holding up to global warming better than expected 8217 Watts Up With That

 

[Old Rocks]

• 2014 AGU Fall Meeting
  
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• C11D-03CryoSat-2 observes Arctic sea ice volume recovery, after anomalously low melting in summer 2013

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  Monday, December 15, 201408:30 AM - 08:45 AM
  • Moscone West
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Despite a well-documented ~40% decline in summer Arctic sea ice extent since the late 1970’s, it has been difficult to estimate trends in sea ice volume because thickness observations have been spatially incomplete and temporally sporadic. While numerical models suggest that the decline in extent has been accompanied by a reduction in volume, there is considerable disagreement over the rate at which this has occurred. We present the first complete assessment of trends in northern hemisphere sea ice thickness and volume using 4 years of measurements from CryoSat-2. Between autumn 2010 and spring 2013, there was a 14% and 5% reduction in autumn and spring Arctic sea ice volume, respectively, in keeping with the long-term decline in extent. However, since then there has been a marked 41% and 9% recovery in autumn and spring sea ice volume, respectively, more than offsetting losses of the previous three years. The recovery was driven by the retention of thick ice around north Greenland and Canada during summer 2013 which, in turn, was associated with a 6% drop in the number of days on which melting occurred – climatic conditions more typical of the early 1990’s. Such a sharp increase in volume after just one cool summer indicates that the Arctic sea ice pack may be more resilient than has been previously considered.

Polar Science Center PIOMAS Arctic Sea Ice Volume Reanalysis





Fig.1 Arctic sea ice volume anomaly from PIOMAS updated once a month. Daily Sea Ice volume anomalies for each day are computed relative to the 1979 to 2011 average for that day of the year. Tickmarks on time axis refer to 1st day of year. The trend for the period 1979- present is shown in blue. Shaded areas show one and two standard deviations from the trend. Error bars indicate the uncertainty of the monthly anomaly plotted once per year.

Yes, the volume has increased in the last two years. However, if you look at the chart from the University of Washington, you can see that the present upward increase is hardly the largest such increase on record, and, in ensuing years, the downward trend continued.

 

[Billy_Bob]

I think Mr Steel has much better grasp on what is really going on..

 

[Billy_Bob]

Ice loss has stabilized and the Ocean temps have dropped. Its now just a matter of a year or two before major ice rebound occurs, Maybe even this year as several flows have decreased and the temp along with them.

 

[skookerasbil]

lets face it......the alarmist view on sea ice has long since been dismissed by most people..........they heard all of the nutty-ass predictions 15.........20 years ago, all of which fell flat on their face.

 

[Old Rocks]

Ice loss has stabilized and the Ocean temps have dropped. Its now just a matter of a year or two before major ice rebound occurs, Maybe even this year as several flows have decreased and the temp along with them.

What a liar you are, Billy Boob;

Global Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies El Nino Southern Oscillation ENSO Teleconnections National Climatic Data Center NCDC

 

[Old Rocks]

I think Mr Steel has much better grasp on what is really going on..

And what are Mr. Steel's credentials, other than a mud slinging fool.

 

[Old Rocks]

Real scientists on the Arctic issues.

 

[Old Rocks]

Seeing.

 

[Old Rocks]

More information from the current meeting. Hey Walleyes, where the hell is your presentation?

 

[Old Rocks]

Wonderful question and answer period on this video, with the authors of the original articles on the issues.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Arctic Weather Map

4 cardinal point today

Barrow -2F
Alert -20F
Vize -6F
Kotel -26F

What the melting temperature of ice?

 

[skookerasbil]

What is it around here? Was it "Arctic Week" on the Discovery Channel?

 

[fncceo]

I love pretty charts...

 

[jc456]

I love pretty charts...

lava lamp?

 

[skookerasbil]

I love pretty charts...

Lol.....so ghey. Very colorful though!

The only relevant news about the Arctic today.....

Russia says will build up Arctic military presence

Top story on DRUDGE!

Nothing else on the arctic in months!

 

[SSDD]

Real scientists on the Arctic issues.

Here is some real science on arctic issues...So according to real science, how does the arctic look now, compared to most of the past 10,000 years. What you are pushing isn't real science..it is pseudoscientific cherry picking designed to support an alarmist narrative. Real science is about finding the truth..you aren't interested in that or you would be looking at the long term picture rather than a cherry picked snapshot of time which is the only thing that will support the alarmist narrative.

 

[Crick]

Astounding. You accuse us of cherry picking and then display the one core that shows a descending trend. Besides, no one would go to an ice core to examine a trend of the last century and a half. You are such a sack of shit.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Arctic Weather Map

4 cardinal point today

Barrow -4F
Alert -24F
Vize -8F
Kotel -22F

Brown shoes don't make it