Changing surface-atmosphere energy exchange and refreezing capacity of the lower accumulation area, West Greenland

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Charalampidis, C., Van As, D., Box, J. E., Van Den Broeke, M. R., Colgan, W. T., Doyle, S. H., Hubbard, A. L., MacFerrin, M., Machguth, Horst, P. Smeets, C.J.P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/d23077eb-f761-426e-947f-dcd181123198; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2163-2015; https://backend.orbit.dtu.dk/ws/files/118916124/tc_9_2163_2015.pdf

We present 5 years (2009-2013) of automatic weather station measurements from the lower accumulation area (1840 m a.s.l.-above sea level) of the Greenland ice sheet in the Kangerlussuaq region. Here, the summers of 2010 and 2012 were both exceptionally warm, but only 2012 resulted in a strongly nega...