Greenland [in "State of the Climate in 2010"]

• Main Authors: Box, J. E., Ahlstrøm, A., Cappelen, J., Fettweis, Xavier, Decker, D., Mote, T., van As, D., van de Wal, R. S. W., Vinther, B., Wahr, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Meteorological Society 2011
• Subjects: Physical; chemical; mathematical & earth Sciences; Earth sciences & physical geography; Physique; chimie; mathématiques & sciences de la terre; Sciences de la terre & géographie physique; Greenland; Nuuk; glacier; Ice Sheet; Petermann glacier
• Online Access: https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/94923; https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/94923/1/Box_et_al_2011_Greenland_in_BAMS_State_of_the_Climate_report_2010.pdf

peer reviewed Record warm air temperatures were observed over Greenland in 2010. This included the warmest year on record for Greenland's capital, Nuuk, in at least 138 years. The duration of the melt period on Greenland’s inland ice sheet was exceptional, being 1 month longer than the average...