{"id":2381,"date":"2024-11-04T21:09:40","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T19:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/2024\/11\/04\/facts-about-the-arctic-in-november-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-11-10T22:39:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T20:39:21","slug":"facts-about-the-arctic-in-november-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/2024\/11\/04\/facts-about-the-arctic-in-november-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts About the Arctic in November 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Laptev and East Siberian Seas have now refrozen. Consequently Arctic sea ice extent is now increasing more slowly, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ads.nipr.ac.jp\/vishop\/#\/extent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JAXA\/ViSHOP extent<\/a>\u00a0is 3rd lowest for the date in the satellite era:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JAXA-Extent-2024-11-02.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32122\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JAXA-Extent-2024-11-02-1024x468-1.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JAXA-Extent-2024-11-02-1024x468-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JAXA-Extent-2024-11-02-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JAXA-Extent-2024-11-02-768x351.png 768w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JAXA-Extent-2024-11-02.png 1112w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"468\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Introducing the third dimension, here\u2019s the <a href=\"https:\/\/psc.apl.uw.edu\/research\/projects\/arctic-sea-ice-volume-anomaly\/data\/model_grid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PIOMAS gridded thickness data<\/a> for the end of October 2024:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/PIOMAS-thickness_on_2024-10-31.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32123\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/PIOMAS-thickness_on_2024-10-31.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/PIOMAS-thickness_on_2024-10-31.png 880w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/PIOMAS-thickness_on_2024-10-31-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/PIOMAS-thickness_on_2024-10-31-768x503.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Note the change in scale from previous months, to allow for easier comparison with the\u00a0\u201cnear real time\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spaces.awi.de\/display\/CS2SMOS\/CryoSat-SMOS+Merged+Sea+Ice+Thickness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CryoSat-2\/SMOS merged thickness data<\/a> from the Alfred Wegener Institute:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CS2-SMOS-thickness_2024-10-31.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32124\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CS2-SMOS-thickness_2024-10-31.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CS2-SMOS-thickness_2024-10-31.png 880w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CS2-SMOS-thickness_2024-10-31-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CS2-SMOS-thickness_2024-10-31-768x503.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>On October 31st Arctic sea ice volume had increased to 6.33 thousand km\u00b3, 2nd lowest for the date in the PIOMAS record:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/PIOMAS-volume_2024-10-31.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32125\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/PIOMAS-volume_2024-10-31.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/PIOMAS-volume_2024-10-31.png 885w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/PIOMAS-volume_2024-10-31-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/PIOMAS-volume_2024-10-31-768x552.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"885\" height=\"636\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>CryoSat-2\/SMOS volume is also currently 2nd lowest for the date, although likely to be revised upwards slightly when the reanalysed data is released in a few weeks time:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CS2-SMOS-volume_2024-11-02.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32126\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CS2-SMOS-volume_2024-11-02.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 953px) 100vw, 953px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CS2-SMOS-volume_2024-11-02.png 953w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CS2-SMOS-volume_2024-11-02-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CS2-SMOS-volume_2024-11-02-768x513.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"953\" height=\"637\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ocean.dmi.dk\/arctic\/icethickness\/thk.uk.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DMI modelled Arctic sea ice volume<\/a> is still lowest for the date in the satellite era. Here\u2019s the latest daily graph:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CICE_curve_thick_LA_EN_20241102.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32130\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CICE_curve_thick_LA_EN_20241102-1024x847-1.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CICE_curve_thick_LA_EN_20241102-1024x847-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CICE_curve_thick_LA_EN_20241102-300x248.png 300w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CICE_curve_thick_LA_EN_20241102-768x635.png 768w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CICE_curve_thick_LA_EN_20241102.png 1093w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"847\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Plus the monthly graph for October:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DMI-Volume-2024-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32131\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DMI-Volume-2024-10.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DMI-Volume-2024-10.png 807w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DMI-Volume-2024-10-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DMI-Volume-2024-10-768x643.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"807\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Finally, for the moment at least, here is the map of sea ice age at the beginning of October:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/iceage_nh_12.5km_20240930_20241006_ql.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32127\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/iceage_nh_12.5km_20240930_20241006_ql.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/iceage_nh_12.5km_20240930_20241006_ql.jpg 720w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/iceage_nh_12.5km_20240930_20241006_ql-300x200.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Watch this space!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Laptev and East Siberian Seas have now refrozen. Consequently Arctic sea ice extent is now increasing more slowly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2409,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381\/revisions\/2409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}