Changing surface–atmosphere energy exchange and refreezing capacity of the lower accumulation area, West Greenland

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: C. Charalampidis, D. van As, J. E. Box, M. R. van den Broeke, W. T. Colgan, S. H. Doyle, A. L. Hubbard, M. MacFerrin, H. Machguth, C. J. P. P. Smeets
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2015
• Subjects: envir; geo; Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; Ice Sheet; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2163-2015; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/2163/2015/tc-9-2163-2015.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/97010b60470946e38348c3c3be1e67d4

We present 5 years (2009–2013) of automatic weather station measurements from the lower accumulation area (1840 m a.s.l. – above sea level) of the Greenland ice sheet in the Kangerlussuaq region. Here, the summers of 2010 and 2012 were both exceptionally warm, but only 2012 resulted in a strongly ne...