Antarctica

Current climate conditions trends and averages: Antarctica
Contents
  1. Antarctic Ice Mass Loss [manual update]
  2. Antarctic Ice Extent Increase [updates annually]
  3. Antarctic Ice Extent (updates daily)
  4. Sea Ice Concentration Anomalies [updates monthly]
  5. Antarctic Oscillation (AAO) – Observed & GSF Forecasts [updates weekly]
  6. Antarctic Oscillation (AAO) – Observed & ENSM Forecasts [updates weekly]

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Cryosphere

Antarctica

Antarctic Ice Mass Loss [manual update]

https://www.nasa.gov/images/content/416685main_20100108_Climate_1.jpg

Source: https://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/20100108_Is_Antarctica_Melting.html

Antarctic Ice Extent Increase [updates annually]

https://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/s_plot_hires.png

Source: https://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/

Antarctic Ice Extent (updates daily)

https://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/daily_images/S_stddev_timeseries.png

Source: https://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/

Sea Ice Concentration Anomalies [updates monthly]

Arctic Extent

Source: https://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/

 

Antarctic Oscillation (AAO) – Vertical Cross section of geopotential height anomalies [updates weekly]

Vertical Cross section of Geopotential Height Anomalies and AAO index. Click on image to enlarge.

Source: 

https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/daily_ao_index/hgt.aao.shtml

 

Antarctic Oscillation (AAO) – Observed & ENSM Forecasts [updates weekly]

Ensemble Mean AAO Outlook

Source:

https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/daily_ao_index/aao/aao.shtml#forecast

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