Katabatic winds and piteraq storms: observations from the Greenland ice sheet

In 2007 the Programme for Monitoring the Greenland Ice Sheet (PROMICE) was initiated to observe and gain insight into the mass budget of Greenland ice masses. By means of in situ observations and remote sensing, PROMICE assesses how much mass is gained as snow accumulation on the surface versus how...

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Published in:Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) Bulletin
Main Authors: van As, Dirk, Fausto, Robert S., Steffen, Konrad, PROMICE project team, *
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) 2015
Subjects:
Greenland
Ice Sheet
Online Access:https://geusbulletin.org/index.php/geusb/article/view/4669
https://doi.org/10.34194/geusb.v33.4669
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Summary:In 2007 the Programme for Monitoring the Greenland Ice Sheet (PROMICE) was initiated to observe and gain insight into the mass budget of Greenland ice masses. By means of in situ observations and remote sensing, PROMICE assesses how much mass is gained as snow accumulation on the surface versus how much is lost by iceberg calving and surface ablation (Ahlstrøm et al. 2008). A key element of PROMICE is a network of automatic weather stations (AWSs) designed to quantify components of the surface mass balance, including the energy exchanges contributing to surface ablation (Van As et al. 2013).

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