Arctic sea ice thickness information has been updated with NRT data for January 2018 and reprocessed data for December 2017. Daily, weekly and monthly products are available here: Reprocessed, Near-real time
Short Facts
- December sea ice volume in the central Arctic was 6th lowest / 3rd highest in 8 years of CryoSat-2 observations: 10.43 km3
- highest: 11.10 km3 in Jan 2014
- lowest: 8.53 km3 in Jan 2013
- average: 10.04 km3
- Monthly sea ice volume gain (December through January) was highest in 8 years of CryoSat-2 observations: +1.33 km3
- lowest: +0.52 km3 in Jan 2013 (potential retrieval anomaly, under investigation)
- average: +1.02 km3
- Cummulative sea ice volume gain (October through January) was 4th lowest / 4th highest in 8 years of CryoSat-2 observations: +4.29 km3
- highest: +5.09 km3 in Jan 2017
- lowest: +3.77 km3 in Jan 2013 (potential retrieval anomaly, under investigation)
- average: +4.40 km3