Validation of a Climate-Data Record of the "Clear-Kky" Surface Temperature of the Greenland Ice Sheet

• Main Authors: Hall, Dorothy K., DiGirolamo, Nicolo E., Comiso, Josefino C., Shuman, Christopher A., Koenig, Lora S., Box, Jason E.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Meteorology and Climatology; Greenland; Summit Camp; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20110013378

Surface temperatures on the Greenland Ice Sheet have been studied on the ground, using automatic weather station (AWS) data from the Greenland-Climate Network (GC-Net), and from analysis of satellite sensor data. Using Advanced Very High Frequency Radiometer (AVHRR) weekly surface temperature maps,...