Recent ice cap snowmelt in Russian High Arctic and anti-correlation with late summer sea ice extent

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: Meng Zhao, Joan Ramage, Kathryn Semmens, Friedrich Obleitner
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2014
• Subjects: Novaya Zemlya; Severnaya Zemlya; glacier; snowmelt; passive microwave; active microwave; Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TD1-1066; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Arctic; Climate change; Ice cap; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/4/045009; https://doaj.org/article/85a535ff7f7141ce847e16dbd8313b75

Glacier surface melt dynamics throughout Novaya Zemlya (NovZ) and Severnaya Zemlya (SevZ) serve as a good indicator of ice mass ablation and regional climate change in the Russian High Arctic. Here we report trends of surface melt onset date (MOD) and total melt days (TMD) by combining multiple reso...