Coast-to-interior gradient in recent northwest Greenland precipitation trends (1952–2012)

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: G J Wong, E C Osterberg, R L Hawley, Z R Courville, D G Ferris, J A Howley
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2015
• Subjects: Greenland; climate; precipitation; ice sheet; weather station; ice core; Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TD1-1066; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Thule Air Base; Ice Sheet; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation; Thule Air; Thule
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/11/114008; https://doaj.org/article/05a8fcb5c14441e1abebb901807f4b18

The spatial and temporal variability of precipitation on the Greenland ice sheet is an essential component of surface mass balance, which has been declining in recent years with rising temperatures. We present an analysis of precipitation trends in northwest (NW) Greenland (1952–2012) using instrume...