Growth in Arctic ice extents seems to have stalled

[Abraham3]

 

[ScienceRocks]

Yep,

slown a little bit...

 

[Abraham3]

Just noticed that this image has been keeping itself updated. Note that we are still at the bottom of the 2 sd band, but that band now includes 2007's record low.

 

[mamooth]

Peak was around Mar 25. Current Arctic sea ice level is low for this date, but it's way too early to make any calls.

Various links:

NSIDC

http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/

U. Bremen sea ice maps

http://www.iup.uni-bremen.de:8084/ssmis/index.html

Cryosphere Today

Polar Sea Ice Cap and Snow - Cryosphere Today

DMI ocean temp maps

DMI /COI * [Satellite SST analysis]

Rutgers land snow cover maps

Rutgers University Climate Lab :: Global Snow Lab

 

[mamooth]

Due to the bitter cold winter, the Canadian Arctic waters are frozen deeper than I've ever seen before. And it's still unusually cold in that area. I doubt that the Northwest Passage will melt open this year.

In contrast, it's unusually warm around Alaska and Siberia. Melt is ahead of schedule there.

Hence, it's going to be a rather lopsided melt pattern.