{"id":3413,"date":"2025-09-04T03:04:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T01:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/2025\/09\/04\/facts-about-the-arctic-in-september-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T07:07:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T05:07:29","slug":"facts-about-the-arctic-in-september-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/2025\/09\/04\/facts-about-the-arctic-in-september-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts About the Arctic in September 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At the beginning of last month JAXA\/ViSHOP extent<\/a>\u00a0was third lowest for the date in the satellite era. With the date of the 2025 minimum extent rapidly approaching that is no longer the case:<\/p>\n

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Whilst JAXA extent is now 10th lowest, PIOMAS volume remains second lowest for the date:<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s the associated thickness map. Note the change of scale from last month<\/p>\n

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Compare and contrast that map with the AWI\u2019s sea ice concentration map, particularly in the Beaufort Sea area:<\/p>\n

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Also compare those two with the NSIDC\u2019s MASIE extent map:<\/p>\n

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For a fourth opinion on where sea ice cover remains in the Beaufort Sea, see also the the Canadian Ice Service<\/a>\u2018s latest concentration chart:<\/p>\n

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Evidently the choice of satellite sensors and data processing algorithms can result in a big difference in the calculated sea ice extent!<\/p>\n

The pale pink areas on another CIS chart, this time showing the ice \u201cstage of development\u201d, reveal that the refreeze has begun in the Nares Strait and Nansen Sound:<\/p>\n

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Of course at lower latitudes the ice is still melting, including in the Beaufort Sea, so\u2026<\/p>\n

Watch this space!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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