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Record Summer Melt in Greenland in 2010
Tedesco, Marco; Fettweis, Xavier; van den Broeke, Michiel et al.
2011In EOS, 92 (15), p. 126
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Abstract :
[en] As Arctic temperatures increase, there is growing concern about the melting of the Greenland ice sheet, which reached a new record during the summer of 2010. Understanding the changing surface mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet requires appreciation of the close links among changes in surface air temperature, surface melting, albedo, and snow accumulation. Increased melting accelerates surface snow grain growth, leading to a decrease in surface albedo, which then fosters further melt. In turn, winter accumulation contributes to determining how much snow is required before a dark (e.g., lower albedo), bare ice surface is exposed in spring (Figure 1).
Disciplines :
Earth sciences & physical geography
Author, co-author :
Tedesco, Marco
Fettweis, Xavier  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géographie > Topoclimatologie
van den Broeke, Michiel
van de Wal, Roderik
Smeets, Paul
van de Berg, Willem Jan
Serreze, Mark
Box, Jason
Language :
English
Title :
Record Summer Melt in Greenland in 2010
Publication date :
April 2011
Journal title :
EOS
ISSN :
0096-3941
eISSN :
2324-9250
Publisher :
AGU
Volume :
92
Issue :
15
Pages :
126
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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