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Arctic sea ice thickness information has been updated with NRT data for April 2018 and reprocessed data for March 2018. Daily, weekly and monthly products are available here: Reprocessed, Near-real time

Short Facts

• April sea ice volume in the central Arctic was average (5^th lowest / 4^th highest) in 8 years of CryoSat-2 observations: 13.45 • 10³ km_³
  
  • highest: 14.62 • 10³ km³ in Apr 2014
  • lowest: 12.36 • 10³ km³ in Apr 2013
  • average: 13.45 • 10³ km³
• April mean sea ice thickness in the central Arctic was below average in 8 years of CryoSat-2 observations: 2.14 m
  
  • highest: 2.29 m in Apr 2014
  • lowest: 2.03 m in Apr 2013
  • average: 2.19 m
• Monthly sea ice volume gain (March through April) was above average in 8 years of CryoSat-2 observations: +0.80 • 10³ km_³
  
  • highest: +1.16 • 10³ km³ in Apr 2012
  • lowest: +0.54 • 10³ km³ in Apr 2014
  • average: +0.74 • 10³ km³
• Cummulative sea ice volume gain (October through April) was below average in 8 years of CryoSat-2 observations: +7.31 • 10³ km3
  • highest: +8.94 • 10³ km³ in winter 2011/2012
  • lowest: +7.17 • 10³ km3 in winter 2015/2016
  • average: +7.73 • 10³ km³

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