Greenland surface mass-balance observations from the ice-sheet ablation area and local glaciers
Glacier surface mass-balance measurements on Greenland started more than a century ago, but no compilation exists of the observations from the ablation area of the ice sheet and local glaciers. Such data could be used in the evaluation of modelled surface mass balance, or to document changes in glac...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:42360 2024-09-15T18:07:37+00:00 Greenland surface mass-balance observations from the ice-sheet ablation area and local glaciers MACHGUTH, HORST THOMSEN, HENRIK H. WEIDICK, ANKER AHLSTRØM, ANDREAS P. ABERMANN, JAKOB ANDERSEN, MORTEN L. ANDERSEN, SIGNE B. BJØRK, ANDERS A. BOX, JASON E. BRAITHWAITE, ROGER J. BØGGILD, CARL E. CITTERIO, MICHELE CLEMENT, POUL COLGAN, WILLIAM FAUSTO, ROBERT S. GLEIE, KARIN GUBLER, STEFANIE HASHOLT, BENT HYNEK, BERNHARD KNUDSEN, NIELS T. LARSEN, SIGNE H. MERNILD, SEBASTIAN H. OERLEMANS, JOHANNES Oerter, Hans OLESEN, OLE B. SMEETS, C. J. P. PAUL STEFFEN, KONRAD STOBER, MANFRED SUGIYAMA, SHIN VAN AS, DIRK VAN DEN BROEKE, MICHIEL R. VAN DE WAL, RODERIK S. W. 2016 application/pdf https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/42360/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/42360/1/greenland-surface-mass-balance-observations-from-the-ice-sheet-ablation-area-and-local-glaciers.pdf https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2016.75 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.49049 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.49049.d001 unknown Cambridge Universitiy Press https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/42360/1/greenland-surface-mass-balance-observations-from-the-ice-sheet-ablation-area-and-local-glaciers.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.49049.d001 MACHGUTH, H. , THOMSEN, H. H. , WEIDICK, A. , AHLSTRØM, A. P. , ABERMANN, J. , ANDERSEN, M. L. , ANDERSEN, S. B. , BJØRK, A. A. , BOX, J. E. , BRAITHWAITE, R. J. , BØGGILD, C. E. , CITTERIO, M. , CLEMENT, P. , COLGAN, W. , FAUSTO, R. S. , GLEIE, K. , GUBLER, S. , HASHOLT, B. , HYNEK, B. , KNUDSEN, N. T. , LARSEN, S. H. , MERNILD, S. H. , OERLEMANS, J. , Oerter, H. , OLESEN, O. B. , SMEETS, C. J. P. P. , STEFFEN, K. , STOBER, M. , SUGIYAMA, S. , VAN AS, D. , VAN DEN BROEKE, M. R. and VAN DE WAL, R. S. W. (2016) Greenland surface mass-balance observations from the ice-sheet ablation area and local glaciers , Journal of Glaciology, 62 (235), pp. 861-887 . doi:10.1017/jog.2016.75 <https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2016.75> , hdl:10013/epic.49049 EPIC3Journal of Glaciology, Cambridge Universitiy Press, 62(235), pp. 861-887, ISSN: 0022-1430 Article isiRev 2016 ftawi https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2016.75 2024-06-24T04:15:36Z Glacier surface mass-balance measurements on Greenland started more than a century ago, but no compilation exists of the observations from the ablation area of the ice sheet and local glaciers. Such data could be used in the evaluation of modelled surface mass balance, or to document changes in glacier melt independently from model output. Here, we present a comprehensive database of Greenland glacier surface mass-balance observations from the ablation area of the ice sheet and local glaciers. The database spans the 123 a from 1892 to 2015, contains a total of ~3000 measurements from 46 sites, and is openly accessible through the PROMICE web portal (http://www.promice.dk). For each measurement we provide X, Y and Z coordinates, starting and ending dates as well as quality flags. We give sources for each entry and for all metadata. Two thirds of the data were collected from grey literature and unpublished archive documents. Roughly 60% of the measurements were performed by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS, previously GGU). The data cover all regions of Greenland except for the southernmost part of the east coast, but also emphasize the importance of long-term time series of which there are only two exceeding 20 a. We use the data to analyse uncertainties in point measurements of surface mass balance, as well as to estimate surface mass-balance profiles for most regions of Greenland. Article in Journal/Newspaper glacier Greenland Ice Sheet Journal of Glaciology Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Journal of Glaciology 62 235 861 887 |
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Glacier surface mass-balance measurements on Greenland started more than a century ago, but no compilation exists of the observations from the ablation area of the ice sheet and local glaciers. Such data could be used in the evaluation of modelled surface mass balance, or to document changes in glacier melt independently from model output. Here, we present a comprehensive database of Greenland glacier surface mass-balance observations from the ablation area of the ice sheet and local glaciers. The database spans the 123 a from 1892 to 2015, contains a total of ~3000 measurements from 46 sites, and is openly accessible through the PROMICE web portal (http://www.promice.dk). For each measurement we provide X, Y and Z coordinates, starting and ending dates as well as quality flags. We give sources for each entry and for all metadata. Two thirds of the data were collected from grey literature and unpublished archive documents. Roughly 60% of the measurements were performed by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS, previously GGU). The data cover all regions of Greenland except for the southernmost part of the east coast, but also emphasize the importance of long-term time series of which there are only two exceeding 20 a. We use the data to analyse uncertainties in point measurements of surface mass balance, as well as to estimate surface mass-balance profiles for most regions of Greenland. |
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MACHGUTH, HORST THOMSEN, HENRIK H. WEIDICK, ANKER AHLSTRØM, ANDREAS P. ABERMANN, JAKOB ANDERSEN, MORTEN L. ANDERSEN, SIGNE B. BJØRK, ANDERS A. BOX, JASON E. BRAITHWAITE, ROGER J. BØGGILD, CARL E. CITTERIO, MICHELE CLEMENT, POUL COLGAN, WILLIAM FAUSTO, ROBERT S. GLEIE, KARIN GUBLER, STEFANIE HASHOLT, BENT HYNEK, BERNHARD KNUDSEN, NIELS T. LARSEN, SIGNE H. MERNILD, SEBASTIAN H. OERLEMANS, JOHANNES Oerter, Hans OLESEN, OLE B. SMEETS, C. J. P. PAUL STEFFEN, KONRAD STOBER, MANFRED SUGIYAMA, SHIN VAN AS, DIRK VAN DEN BROEKE, MICHIEL R. VAN DE WAL, RODERIK S. W. |
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MACHGUTH, HORST THOMSEN, HENRIK H. WEIDICK, ANKER AHLSTRØM, ANDREAS P. ABERMANN, JAKOB ANDERSEN, MORTEN L. ANDERSEN, SIGNE B. BJØRK, ANDERS A. BOX, JASON E. BRAITHWAITE, ROGER J. BØGGILD, CARL E. CITTERIO, MICHELE CLEMENT, POUL COLGAN, WILLIAM FAUSTO, ROBERT S. GLEIE, KARIN GUBLER, STEFANIE HASHOLT, BENT HYNEK, BERNHARD KNUDSEN, NIELS T. LARSEN, SIGNE H. MERNILD, SEBASTIAN H. OERLEMANS, JOHANNES Oerter, Hans OLESEN, OLE B. SMEETS, C. J. P. PAUL STEFFEN, KONRAD STOBER, MANFRED SUGIYAMA, SHIN VAN AS, DIRK VAN DEN BROEKE, MICHIEL R. VAN DE WAL, RODERIK S. W. Greenland surface mass-balance observations from the ice-sheet ablation area and local glaciers |
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MACHGUTH, HORST THOMSEN, HENRIK H. WEIDICK, ANKER AHLSTRØM, ANDREAS P. ABERMANN, JAKOB ANDERSEN, MORTEN L. ANDERSEN, SIGNE B. BJØRK, ANDERS A. BOX, JASON E. BRAITHWAITE, ROGER J. BØGGILD, CARL E. CITTERIO, MICHELE CLEMENT, POUL COLGAN, WILLIAM FAUSTO, ROBERT S. GLEIE, KARIN GUBLER, STEFANIE HASHOLT, BENT HYNEK, BERNHARD KNUDSEN, NIELS T. LARSEN, SIGNE H. MERNILD, SEBASTIAN H. OERLEMANS, JOHANNES Oerter, Hans OLESEN, OLE B. SMEETS, C. J. P. PAUL STEFFEN, KONRAD STOBER, MANFRED SUGIYAMA, SHIN VAN AS, DIRK VAN DEN BROEKE, MICHIEL R. VAN DE WAL, RODERIK S. W. |
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Greenland surface mass-balance observations from the ice-sheet ablation area and local glaciers |
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Greenland surface mass-balance observations from the ice-sheet ablation area and local glaciers |
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Greenland surface mass-balance observations from the ice-sheet ablation area and local glaciers |
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Greenland surface mass-balance observations from the ice-sheet ablation area and local glaciers |
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Greenland surface mass-balance observations from the ice-sheet ablation area and local glaciers |
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greenland surface mass-balance observations from the ice-sheet ablation area and local glaciers |
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Cambridge Universitiy Press |
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2016 |
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https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/42360/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/42360/1/greenland-surface-mass-balance-observations-from-the-ice-sheet-ablation-area-and-local-glaciers.pdf https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2016.75 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.49049 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.49049.d001 |
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glacier Greenland Ice Sheet Journal of Glaciology |
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glacier Greenland Ice Sheet Journal of Glaciology |
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EPIC3Journal of Glaciology, Cambridge Universitiy Press, 62(235), pp. 861-887, ISSN: 0022-1430 |
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