Greenland [in "State of the Climate in 2008"]

peer reviewed An abnormally cold winter across the southern half of Greenland led to substantially higher west coast sea ice thickness and concentration. Even so, record-setting summer temperatures around Greenland, combined with an intense melt season (particularly across the northern ice sheet), l...

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Published in:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Main Authors: Box, J., Bai, L., Benson, R., Bhattacharya, I., Bromwich, D., Cappelen, J., Decker, D., DiGirolamo, N., Fettweis, Xavier, Hall, D., Hanna, E., Mote, T., Tedesco, M., van de Wal, R., van den Broeke, M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Meteorological Society 2009
Subjects:
Physical
chemical
mathematical & earth Sciences
Earth sciences & physical geography
Physique
chimie
mathématiques & sciences de la terre
Sciences de la terre & géographie physique
Greenland
Ice Sheet
Sea ice
Online Access:https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/36758
https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/36758/1/chapter5.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-90-8-StateoftheClimate
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Summary:peer reviewed An abnormally cold winter across the southern half of Greenland led to substantially higher west coast sea ice thickness and concentration. Even so, record-setting summer temperatures around Greenland, combined with an intense melt season (particularly across the northern ice sheet), led the 2008 Greenland climate to be marked by continued ice sheet mass deficit and floating ice disintegration.

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