Twenty-one years of mass balance observations along the K-transect, West Greenland
A 21-yr record is presented of surface mass balance measurements along the K-transect. The series covers the period 1990–2011. Data are available at eight sites along a transect over an altitude range of 380–1850 m at approximately 67° N in West Greenland. The surface mass balance gradient is on ave...
Published in: | Earth System Science Data |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2012
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-4-31-2012 http://www.earth-syst-sci-data.net/4/31/2012/essd-4-31-2012.pdf https://doaj.org/article/48c819e7725b4dcca849487747659174 |
Summary: | A 21-yr record is presented of surface mass balance measurements along the K-transect. The series covers the period 1990–2011. Data are available at eight sites along a transect over an altitude range of 380–1850 m at approximately 67° N in West Greenland. The surface mass balance gradient is on average 3.8 × 10−3 m w.e. m−1, and the mean equilibrium line altitude is 1553 m a.s.l. Only the lower three sites within 10 km of the margin up to an elevation of 700 m experience a significant increasing trend in the ablation over the entire period. Data are available at: doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.779181. |
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