There is now less sea-ice surrounding Antarctica than at any time since satellites records began in the late 1970s.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-64649596

#seaice #CopernicusClimate #ClimateCrisis #NSIDC #ClimateAction #Reanalysis #EarthObservation

The #SeaIce dominoes continue to fall.

The #NSIDC's 5 day averaged #Antarctic extent hasn’t quite reached a record minimum yet:

https://GreatWhiteCon.info/2023/02/new-record-antarctic-sea-ice-minimum-extent/#Feb-11

However the daily value reached a record low minimum of 1.98 million km² yesterday.

5/n

@seaice @Ruth_Mottram @sellathechemist @kevpluck @ZLabe

We are still not receiving data from the DMSP #satellites F16, F17, and F18.

These three satellites carry the #SSMIS instrument that #OSISAF and #NSIDC use for their #SeaIce climate monitoring.

The issue is apparently related to power outage on the ground segment: https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/messages/2023/01/MSG_20230110_1144.html

Expect delays and/or data gaps in some upcoming #SeaIce products.

The Arctic Report Card is a reminder that what happens in the Arctic affects the rest of the world.

An Arctic reshaped by human activity will have impacts in the lower latitudes.
#Arctic #ClimateChange #NOAA #NSIDC
@AlaskaWx @TheConversationUS https://www.arctictoday.com/the-arctic-report-card-is-a-reminder-that-what-happens-in-the-arctic-affects-the-rest-of-the-world/

The Arctic Report Card is a reminder that what happens in the Arctic affects the rest of the world.

An Arctic reshaped by human activity will have impacts in the lower latitudes.
#Arctic #ClimateChange #NOAA #NSIDC
@AlaskaWx @ConversationUS
https://www.arctictoday.com/the-arctic-report-card-is-a-reminder-that-what-happens-in-the-arctic-affects-the-rest-of-the-world/

The 2022 #ArcticReportCard is out! The three lead authors explain here how the Arctic is getting rainier and the snow season is shifting, with widespread disturbances for #indigenouspeoples, #ecosystems and #wildlife.

By #NSIDC's Matt Druckenmiller and Twila Moon and Rick Thoman (@AlaskaWx)

https://theconversation.com/arctic-report-card-2022-the-arctic-is-getting-rainier-and-seasons-are-shifting-with-broad-disturbances-for-people-plants-and-wildlife-196254

@kevpluck @AlaskaWx Good.

I think #nsidc has some temporal interpolation going (we do that at #osisaf).

We did not manage to retrieve #SSMIS data for the 9th (lost for good?). As a result, our sea-ice index shows an "interpolation" flag for that day.

Wooohoooo ! We are now receiving data from the #SSMIS F16, F17, and F18 satellite missions !

#osisaf and #nsidc will thus soon resume their #seaice extent processing.

@AlaskaWx @zlabe @kevpluck

@AlaskaWx No problem. I don't often check the #nsidc data files so I could have been looking at the wrong location 👍 .

@AlaskaWx Is it?

The last value I see in the daily csv file for the G02135 product (Sea Ice Index v3) is for Nov 8th (2 days ago). The same for the SIC map (below).

Where do you get your #nsidc sea ice index from, Rick?

Still no data from the three US satellites SSMIS F16, F17, and F18. Thus no #seaice products today from #osisaf (and #nsidc).

Our dashboard shows many red lamps...

@zlabe @kevpluck @SigneAaboe

We are not receiving data from US DMSP satellites F16, F17, and F18.

These three satellites and their SSMIS instruments are the base for the #OSISAF (and #NSIDC) sea ice extent monitoring. So expect data gaps and delays.

From what we understand, this is an issue in the ground segment, not with the satellites (it would be strange if all three had a glitch at the same time).

And I should post a link here to the awesome #QGreenland #QGIS package developed by Twila Moon and team at #NSIDC

Check it out, download and play with it from here: https://qgreenland.org/