Near‐surface‐temperature lapse rates on the Prince of Wales Icefield, Ellesmere Island, Canada: implications for regional downscaling of temperature

• Published in: International Journal of Climatology
• Main Authors: Marshall, Shawn J., Sharp, Martin J., Burgess, David O., Anslow, Faron S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2006
• Subjects: Canada; Ellesmere Island; Prince of Wales Icefield; glacier*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.1396; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjoc.1396; https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/joc.1396

Abstract Screen temperatures were monitored from May 2001 to April 2003 in an array of 25 sites on the Prince of Wales Icefield, Ellesmere Island, Canada. The observational network covered an area of ca 15 650 km 2 and spanned an altitude ranging from 130 to 2010 m above sea level. The spatial array...