Air Temperature and Precipitation on the Greenland Ice Sheet
Abstract Mean annual air temperatures and precipitation on the Greenland Ice Sheet, as estimated from snow profile studies and long-term meteorological records at coastal stations, have been used to prepare mean annual air temperature and mean annual precipitation charts for the Greenland Ice Sheet....
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0022143000023674 2024-09-15T18:08:20+00:00 Air Temperature and Precipitation on the Greenland Ice Sheet Diamond, Marvin 1960 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000023674 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000023674 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Journal of Glaciology volume 3, issue 27, page 558-567 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 journal-article 1960 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000023674 2024-07-03T04:03:44Z Abstract Mean annual air temperatures and precipitation on the Greenland Ice Sheet, as estimated from snow profile studies and long-term meteorological records at coastal stations, have been used to prepare mean annual air temperature and mean annual precipitation charts for the Greenland Ice Sheet. It is shown that melting of surface snow may occur at elevations of about 1,300 m. in north Greenland and up to 2,700 m. in south Greenland. The warming trend in the Arctic, as indicated by increases in mean annual air temperature, may have occurred to a lesser extent on the ice sheet than at sea-level coastal stations. Annual accumulation of precipitation is two or three times as great at 2,700 m. on the west side of the ice sheet as at the crest. South of lat. 66° N., precipitation may be about twice as great on the east side of the crest as on the west side. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Ice Sheet Journal of Glaciology North Greenland Cambridge University Press Journal of Glaciology 3 27 558 567 |
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Abstract Mean annual air temperatures and precipitation on the Greenland Ice Sheet, as estimated from snow profile studies and long-term meteorological records at coastal stations, have been used to prepare mean annual air temperature and mean annual precipitation charts for the Greenland Ice Sheet. It is shown that melting of surface snow may occur at elevations of about 1,300 m. in north Greenland and up to 2,700 m. in south Greenland. The warming trend in the Arctic, as indicated by increases in mean annual air temperature, may have occurred to a lesser extent on the ice sheet than at sea-level coastal stations. Annual accumulation of precipitation is two or three times as great at 2,700 m. on the west side of the ice sheet as at the crest. South of lat. 66° N., precipitation may be about twice as great on the east side of the crest as on the west side. |
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Air Temperature and Precipitation on the Greenland Ice Sheet |
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Air Temperature and Precipitation on the Greenland Ice Sheet |
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Air Temperature and Precipitation on the Greenland Ice Sheet |
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Air Temperature and Precipitation on the Greenland Ice Sheet |
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Greenland Ice Sheet Journal of Glaciology North Greenland |
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