PIOMAS ARCTIC SEA ICE VOLUME 1979-2020
SEVEN-DAY AVERAGE
Graph: Jim Pettit (jimpettit@gmail.com)
Data: PIOMAS.vol.daily.1979.2021.Current.v2.1
APRIL 2021
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  • This graph shows PIOMAS Arctic sea ice volume (SIV) from January 1979 through the latest monthly update.
  • Each year in the record comprises one complete circuit.
  • Daily SIV values were averaged over sequential and non-overlapping seven-day periods for smoothing purposes. (Each complete circuit is actually comprised of 51 separate week-long line segments, plus a single eight-day segment to equal 365 days.)
  • The vertical axis shows the years in the record, with the earliest year (1979) at the top and the current (or most recent) year at the bottom.
  • The grey circles on the base reflect SIV in thousands of cubic kilometers (km3).
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