Arctic Sea Ice Extent: November 19, 2020

November 19, 2020: Over the past week, the sea ice has now increased from last week by a lower rate of 3.92% from the level on 11/12/2020 of 8.859 M km² to 9.220 M km². The Arctic sea ice catch-up is slowing down a bit and headed towards the historic low extent for this time of year set in 2016 (red line).

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NSIDC Sea Ice Data Link:
ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/DATASETS/NOAA/G02135/north/daily/data/N_seaice_extent_daily_v3.0.csv
Plot Compiled by: Howard J. Diamond, PhD; Climate Science Program Manager at NOAA's Air Resources Laboratory