[Arctic] Greenland [in “State of the Climate in 2008”]

An abnormally cold winter across the southern half of Greenland led to substantially higher west coast sea ice thickness and concentration. Even so, record-setting summer temperatures around Greenland, combined with an intense melt season (particularly across the northern ice sheet), led the 2008 Gr...

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Main Authors: Box, J. E., Bail, L. -S., Benson, R., Bhattacharya, I., Bromwich, D. H., Cappelen, J., Decker, D., DiGirolamo, N., Fettweis, X., Hall, D., Hanna, E., Mote, T., Tedesco, Marco, van de Wal, R., van den Broeke, M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Meteorological Society 2009
Subjects:
Earth temperature
Meltwater
Geomorphology
Climatic changes
Mineralogy
Geology
Arctic
Greenland
Ice Sheet
Sea ice
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7916/D8DV1JSP
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Summary:An abnormally cold winter across the southern half of Greenland led to substantially higher west coast sea ice thickness and concentration. Even so, record-setting summer temperatures around Greenland, combined with an intense melt season (particularly across the northern ice sheet), led the 2008 Greenland climate to be marked by continued ice sheet mass deficit and floating ice disintegration.

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