January 12, 2010
1028 gmt
Antarctica Satellite
There are many heat transfer systems still at work in the Southern Hemisphere. I can see at least six major ones on this image. On the face of a clock, 12 o'clock, 2, 4, 6:30, 8 and 10 o'clock.
Is Antarctica Melting? (click title to entry - thank you)
...Rignot's paper surprised many people. JPL scientist Ron Kwok saw it as demonstrating that "the old idea that glaciers move really slowly isn't true any more." One result was that a lot more people started to use the radar data to examine much more of Antarctica. A major review published in 2009 found that Rignot's Pine Island Glacier finding hadn't been a fluke 7: a large majority of the marine glaciers of the Antarctic Peninsula were retreating, and their retreat was speeding up. This summer, a British group revisited the Pine Island Glacier finding and found that its rate of retreat had quadrupled between 1995 and 2006 8....
The Coldest Reporting Station
Vostok, Antarctica
Local Time: 6:36 AM VOST (GMT +06)
Lat/Lon: 78.4° S 106.9° E
Elevation :: 11220 feet
Temperature :: -30 F
Humidity :: 38%
Dew Point :: -40 F
Wind :: 9 mph from the WSW
Wind Gust :: -
Pressure :: inches (Rising)
Visibility :: 12.0 miles
The Warmest Reporting Station
Base San Martin, Antarctica
Local Time: 12:46 AM GMT (GMT +00)
Lat/Lon: 68.1° S 67.1° W
Elevation :: 13 Feet
Temperature :: 40 F
Conditions :: Overcast
Humidity :: 64%
Dew Point :: 32 F
Wind :: Calm
Wind Gust :: -
Pressure :: 29.62. inches (Rising)
Visibility :: 12.0 miles
UV :: 0 out of 16
Clouds :: Overcast 1476 ft
(Above Ground Level)
