Name: SH PSC NAT area Units: million km2 Level: 460 K Month: September Source: GMAO MERRA2 Missing: -9999.0 Mean: 16.42 Year Data Minumum Maximum 1979 13.16 0.00 20.32 1980 14.70 6.20 22.04 1981 10.97 0.78 18.03 1982 12.47 4.99 20.20 1983 13.70 4.77 20.34 1984 13.79 4.34 19.23 1985 14.62 8.30 19.68 1986 11.87 4.24 19.40 1987 18.36 13.39 21.86 1988 10.79 2.00 16.20 1989 17.12 8.65 24.24 1990 14.67 7.91 20.69 1991 14.26 7.29 20.13 1992 12.25 1.49 19.43 1993 15.41 7.45 19.30 1994 15.89 10.74 20.63 1995 15.44 11.76 21.34 1996 16.68 10.40 22.69 1997 15.12 11.82 19.64 1998 21.04 16.21 24.61 1999 19.77 13.72 25.49 2000 21.36 12.85 27.22 2001 19.38 13.82 25.32 2002 10.36 0.00 15.76 2003 21.40 17.91 25.67 2004 15.03 7.01 20.98 2005 19.44 13.80 25.91 2006 21.82 17.11 25.15 2007 19.72 14.24 23.45 2008 20.52 13.64 26.19 2009 19.77 14.30 23.96 2010 15.50 11.54 19.91 2011 21.23 16.07 24.37 2012 14.84 5.54 20.25 2013 17.57 11.65 22.77 2014 17.90 12.06 21.97 2015 19.52 12.14 24.03 2016 16.65 13.06 21.15 2017 11.51 1.82 20.83 2018 19.47 14.54 24.76 2019 6.76 0.00 20.96 2020 18.95 16.01 21.84 2021 19.41 16.01 24.13 2022 18.48 13.54 22.70 2023 20.27 14.27 22.72