Hotspots and key periods of Greenland climate change during the past six decades
We investigated air temperature and pressure gradients and their trends for the period 1996–2014 in Greenland and compared these to other periods since 1958. Both latitudinal temperature and pressure gradients were strongest during winter. An overall temperature increase up to 0.15 °C year −1 was ob...
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ftcopenhagenunip:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/f8fcc624-f8be-4f9c-bef2-6592e20b6b49 2023-10-25T01:38:09+02:00 Hotspots and key periods of Greenland climate change during the past six decades Abermann, Jakob Hansen, Birger Lund, Magnus Wacker, Stefan Karami, Mojtaba Cappelen, John 2017 application/pdf https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/hotspots-and-key-periods-of-greenland-climate-change-during-the-past-six-decades(f8fcc624-f8be-4f9c-bef2-6592e20b6b49).html https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0861-y https://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/173282560/Hotspots_and_key_periods_of_Greenland_climate_change.pdf eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Abermann , J , Hansen , B , Lund , M , Wacker , S , Karami , M & Cappelen , J 2017 , ' Hotspots and key periods of Greenland climate change during the past six decades ' , Ambio , vol. 46 , no. Suppl. 1 , pp. 3-11 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0861-y Air pressure trends Ecosystem changes Greenland climate change Temperature trends article 2017 ftcopenhagenunip https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0861-y 2023-09-27T23:00:59Z We investigated air temperature and pressure gradients and their trends for the period 1996–2014 in Greenland and compared these to other periods since 1958. Both latitudinal temperature and pressure gradients were strongest during winter. An overall temperature increase up to 0.15 °C year −1 was observed for 1996–2014. The strongest warming happened during February at the West coast (up to 0.6 °C year −1 ), weaker but consistent and significant warming occurred during summer months (up to 0.3 °C year −1 ) both in West and East Greenland. Pressure trends on a monthly basis were mainly negative, but largely statistically non-significant. Compared with other time windows in the past six decades, the period 1996–2014 yielded an above-average warming trend. Northeast Greenland and the area around Zackenberg follow the general pattern but are on the lower boundary of observed significant trends in Greenland. We conclude that temperature-driven ecosystem changes as observed in Zackenberg may well be exceeded in other areas of Greenland. Article in Journal/Newspaper East Greenland Greenland Zackenberg University of Copenhagen: Research Greenland Ambio 46 S1 3 11 |
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We investigated air temperature and pressure gradients and their trends for the period 1996–2014 in Greenland and compared these to other periods since 1958. Both latitudinal temperature and pressure gradients were strongest during winter. An overall temperature increase up to 0.15 °C year −1 was observed for 1996–2014. The strongest warming happened during February at the West coast (up to 0.6 °C year −1 ), weaker but consistent and significant warming occurred during summer months (up to 0.3 °C year −1 ) both in West and East Greenland. Pressure trends on a monthly basis were mainly negative, but largely statistically non-significant. Compared with other time windows in the past six decades, the period 1996–2014 yielded an above-average warming trend. Northeast Greenland and the area around Zackenberg follow the general pattern but are on the lower boundary of observed significant trends in Greenland. We conclude that temperature-driven ecosystem changes as observed in Zackenberg may well be exceeded in other areas of Greenland. |
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Hotspots and key periods of Greenland climate change during the past six decades |
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