Alaska Climate Research Center
March 3, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now decreased by a very small rate of of 0.39% from the level on 02/24/2022 of 14.760 M km2 to 14.703 M km2 for this week.
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The end of February is fast approaching, and with it meteorological winter is coming to a close in the northern hemisphere. However, that does not necessarily mean that winter is over in Alaska. Below are charts of accumulated snowfall and snow depth for for Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau. The charts include values for the 2021-2022
February 24, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now increased again by a very small rate of of 0.40% from the level on 02/17/2022 of 14.701 M km2 to 14.760 M km2 for this week.
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February 17, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now increased again by a rate of of 2.29% from the level on 02/10/2022 of 14.364 M km2 to 14.701 M km2 for this week.
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February 10, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now decreased by a rate of of 1.33% from the level on 02/03/2022 of 14.558 M km2 to 14.364 M km2 for this week.
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February 3, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now increased at a slightly higher rate of of 2.60% from the level on 01/27/2022 of 14.180 M km2 to 14.558 M km2 for this week.
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January 27, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now increased at a slightly lower rate of of 1.11% from the level on 01/20/2022 of 14.022 M km2 to 14.180 M km2 for this week.
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January 20, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now increased at a slightly lower rate of of 1.67% from the level on 01/13/2022 of 13.788 M km2 to 14.022 M km2 for this week.
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Saturday, January 15, 2022: The explosive eruption of Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai sent a shockwave around the world. Such extensive atmospheric gravity waves triggered by a volcanic eruption have never been observed before. The waves spread in all directions, completing a circumnavigation of the globe and producing observable pressure peaks at weather stations worldwide. The US National
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January 13, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now increased at a rate of of 1.83% from the level on 01/06/2022 of 13.536 M km2 to 13.788 M km2 for this week.
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