Arctic cut-off high drives the poleward shift of a new Greenland melting record

Atmospheric circulation controls the mass and energy balance of the Greenland ice sheet, yet the exact dynamics remain unknown. Here, the authors show that record conditions over Greenland during the summer of 2015 were associated with the formation and persistency of an Arctic cut-off high.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: M. Tedesco, T. Mote, X. Fettweis, E. Hanna, J. Jeyaratnam, J. F. Booth, R. Datta, K. Briggs
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
Subjects:
Science
Q
Arctic
Greenland
Ice Sheet
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11723
https://doaj.org/article/0b0aa51afd4343d582ea0484425aa5b2
Description
Summary:Atmospheric circulation controls the mass and energy balance of the Greenland ice sheet, yet the exact dynamics remain unknown. Here, the authors show that record conditions over Greenland during the summer of 2015 were associated with the formation and persistency of an Arctic cut-off high.

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