The climate sensitivity of northern Greenland fjords is amplified through sea-ice damming

• Published in: Communications Earth & Environment
• Main Authors: Stranne, C., Nilsson, J., Ulfsbo, A., O'Regan, M., Coxall, H.K., Meire, L., Muchowski, J., Mayer, L.A., Brüchert, V., Fredriksson, J., Thornton, B.F., Chawarski, J., West, G., Weidner, E., Jakobsson, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; Osborn; Petermann Fjord; Sherard Osborn Fjord; Ice Sheet; Sea ice; Sherard Osborn fjord
• Online Access: https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/57/360957.pdf

Record-high air temperatures were observed over Greenland in the summer of 2019 and melting of the northern Greenland Ice Sheet was particularly extensive. Here we show, through direct measurements, that near surface ocean temperatures in Sherard Osborn Fjord, northern Greenland, reached 4 °C in Aug...