Diagnosing the extreme surface melt event over southwestern Greenland in 2007
Abstract. Analysis of passive microwave brightness temperatures from the space-borne Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) documents a record surface snowmelt over high elevations (above 2000 m) of the Greenland ice sheet during summer of 2007. To interpret this record, results from the SSM/I are...
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ftdatacite:10.7916/d8pn95kw 2023-05-15T16:27:14+02:00 Diagnosing the extreme surface melt event over southwestern Greenland in 2007 Tedesco, Marco Serreze, M. Fettweis, X. 2008 https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8pn95kw https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8PN95KW unknown Columbia University https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-2-159-2008 Albedo Meltwater Climatic geomorphology Atmospheric physics Ice sheets Geology FOS Earth and related environmental sciences Geomorphology Hydrology Climatic changes Atmosphere Text Articles article-journal ScholarlyArticle 2008 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.7916/d8pn95kw https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2-159-2008 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z Abstract. Analysis of passive microwave brightness temperatures from the space-borne Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) documents a record surface snowmelt over high elevations (above 2000 m) of the Greenland ice sheet during summer of 2007. To interpret this record, results from the SSM/I are examined in conjunction with fields from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research reanalysis and output from a regional climate model. The record surface melt reflects unusually warm conditions, seen in positive summertime anomalies of surface air temperatures, downwelling longwave radiation, 1000–500 hPa atmospheric thickness, and the net surface energy flux, linked in turn to southerly airflow over the ice sheet. Low snow accumulation may have contributed to the record through promoting anomalously low surface albedo. Text Greenland Ice Sheet DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Greenland |
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Abstract. Analysis of passive microwave brightness temperatures from the space-borne Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) documents a record surface snowmelt over high elevations (above 2000 m) of the Greenland ice sheet during summer of 2007. To interpret this record, results from the SSM/I are examined in conjunction with fields from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research reanalysis and output from a regional climate model. The record surface melt reflects unusually warm conditions, seen in positive summertime anomalies of surface air temperatures, downwelling longwave radiation, 1000–500 hPa atmospheric thickness, and the net surface energy flux, linked in turn to southerly airflow over the ice sheet. Low snow accumulation may have contributed to the record through promoting anomalously low surface albedo. |
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Diagnosing the extreme surface melt event over southwestern Greenland in 2007 |
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Diagnosing the extreme surface melt event over southwestern Greenland in 2007 |
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Diagnosing the extreme surface melt event over southwestern Greenland in 2007 |
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Diagnosing the extreme surface melt event over southwestern Greenland in 2007 |
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Diagnosing the extreme surface melt event over southwestern Greenland in 2007 |
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diagnosing the extreme surface melt event over southwestern greenland in 2007 |
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