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September 2019 Statewide Report and Cities Summary Available

Our monthly statewide report for September 2019 is available here.

Our monthly 9 cities summary can be found here.

Arctic Sea Ice Extent 11-13-2019

November 13, 2019: the sea ice has increased by a pretty healthy 16.62% from the level from two weeks ago of 7.706 M km2 to 9.242 M  km2 for this week.  That is a significant jump and continues to exceed the level for sea ice for this time of year above the 2016 level (red line) and has now topped the 2012 level (green line).

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AK wildfire information and smoke forecasts

The UAF smoke page is not updated anymore since fall 2019. The fire season ended. We will provide again new fire emission forecasts in 2020
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Spotlight on Climate

Annual Summary Report 2018

2018 Alaska Climate Summary

Statewide 2018 Year in Review

2018 was significantly warmer than the climatological mean and one of the warmest years on record in Alaska. The fall season in particular stood out as exceptionally warm.

 

See also: 2018 NOAA Arctic Report Card

 

New Papers-

On the Precipitation and Precipitation Change in Alaska

Atmosphere Download it here.

On the Climate and Climate Change of Sitka, Southeast Alaska

Theoretical and Applied Climatology. Download it here.

Strong Temperature Increase and Shrinking Sea Ice in Arctic Alaska

The Open Atmospheric Science Journal. Download it here.

Book -

The Climate of Alaska

Produced by the Alaska Climate Research Center in 2007 by Martha Shulski and Gerd Wendler. Click here for more details!

 

For other papers please see our research page.

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