Arctic
CRYOSPHERE
Arctic Trends
Arctic Ice Extent (areas with at least 15% ice coverage) [updates daily]
Source: National Snow & Ice Data Center
Graph: http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/daily_images/N_stddev_timeseries.png
Arctic Ice Extent [updates monthly]
Source: http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/
Ice Concentration Anomalies [updates monthly]
Source: http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/
Arctic Sea Ice Volume
Source: Polar Science Center - Arctic Sea Ice Volume Page
Image: http://psc.apl.washington.edu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/schweiger/ice_volume/BPIOMASIceVolumeAnomalyCurrentV2.png
Movies and snapshots of the 1/12° Arctic HYCOM/CICE
| HYCOM SSH | CICE ice concentration | ||
| Last 30 days (gif) Last 12 months (gif) Snapshot archive |
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Last 30 days (gif) Last 12 months (gif) Snapshot archive |
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| HYCOM SST | CICE ice thickness | ||
| Last 30 days (gif) Last 12 months (gif) Snapshot archive |
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Last 30 days (gif) Last 12 months (gif) Snapshot archive |
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| HYCOM SSS | CICE speed and drift | ||
| Last 30 days (gif) Last 12 months (gif) Snapshot archive |
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Last 30 days (gif) Last 12 months (gif) Snapshot archive |
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Movies and snapshots of the 1/12° Arctic Cap HYCOM with NIC frontal analysis overlayed
| Ice concentration | Ice thickness | ||
| Last 30 days (gif) Last 12 months (gif) Snapshot archive |
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Last 30 days (gif) Last 12 months (gif) Snapshot archive |
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Source: http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/pips2/
Sea Surface Temperature
Source: http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/hycomARC/arctic.html
Tomorrow's Ice Concentration Forecast [updates daily]
Source: http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/pips2/
Source: http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/gallery_np.html
Spring Northern Hemisphere Snow Extent Trend [updates yearly]
Source: http://climate.rutgers.edu/snowcover/
Image: Spring Northern Hemisphere Snow Extent
Arctic Oscillation [updates monthly]
Source: National Climate Data Center
Image: http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb/teleconnections/ao-5-pg.gif
Arctic Oscillation - Observed & GFS Forecasts
Source: http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/daily_ao_index/teleconnections.shtml
Arctic Oscillation - Observed & ENSM Forecasts
Source: http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/daily_ao_index/teleconnections.shtml
Arctic Oscillation Since 1950
Source: Arctic Oscillation (AO) - Period of Record Time series
