Accumulation and Temperature on The Inland Ice of North Greenland, 1959

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Author: Langway, Chester C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1961
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Greenland; Journal of Glaciology; North Greenland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000017433; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000017433

Abstract Twelve deep pits (5 to 5.5 m.) revealed between 6 and 13 years of snow accumulation. The results show an average net accumulation of 18.5 g./cm. 2 per year. Accumulation decreases inland at a mean rate of 1.5 g./cm. 2 per 100 m. rise in elevation. Temperature measurements at 100 m. in all pits give a mean temperature-altitude gradient of 0.77° C. per 100 m. Evidence of melt was observed in all pits, the most pronounced melt occurring in 1954. The mean density reflects the local climate. Other empirical correlations of these data show linear trends that vary systematically with surface slope and local climate.