Hotspots and key periods of Greenland climate change during the past six decades
We investigated air temperature and pressure gradients and their trends for the period 1996-2014 in Greenland and compared these to other periods since 1958. Both latitudinal temperature and pressure gradients were strongest during winter. An overall temperature increase up to 0.15 °C year(-1) was o...
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ftuniaarhuspubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/30e4a066-547c-476c-b68b-9cf11d21497b 2023-05-15T16:03:46+02:00 Hotspots and key periods of Greenland climate change during the past six decades Abermann, Jakob Hansen, Birger Lund, Magnus Wacker, Stefan Karami, Mojtaba Cappelen, John 2017-02 application/pdf https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/hotspots-and-key-periods-of-greenland-climate-change-during-the-past-six-decades(30e4a066-547c-476c-b68b-9cf11d21497b).html https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0861-y https://pure.au.dk/ws/files/118914084/ambio.pdf eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Abermann , J , Hansen , B , Lund , M , Wacker , S , Karami , M & Cappelen , J 2017 , ' Hotspots and key periods of Greenland climate change during the past six decades ' , Ambio , vol. 46 , no. S1 , pp. 3-11 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0861-y article 2017 ftuniaarhuspubl https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0861-y 2023-02-15T23:55:20Z We investigated air temperature and pressure gradients and their trends for the period 1996-2014 in Greenland and compared these to other periods since 1958. Both latitudinal temperature and pressure gradients were strongest during winter. An overall temperature increase up to 0.15 °C year(-1) was observed for 1996-2014. The strongest warming happened during February at the West coast (up to 0.6 °C year(-1)), weaker but consistent and significant warming occurred during summer months (up to 0.3 °C year(-1)) both in West and East Greenland. Pressure trends on a monthly basis were mainly negative, but largely statistically non-significant. Compared with other time windows in the past six decades, the period 1996-2014 yielded an above-average warming trend. Northeast Greenland and the area around Zackenberg follow the general pattern but are on the lower boundary of observed significant trends in Greenland. We conclude that temperature-driven ecosystem changes as observed in Zackenberg may well be exceeded in other areas of Greenland. Article in Journal/Newspaper East Greenland Greenland Zackenberg Aarhus University: Research Greenland Ambio 46 S1 3 11 |
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We investigated air temperature and pressure gradients and their trends for the period 1996-2014 in Greenland and compared these to other periods since 1958. Both latitudinal temperature and pressure gradients were strongest during winter. An overall temperature increase up to 0.15 °C year(-1) was observed for 1996-2014. The strongest warming happened during February at the West coast (up to 0.6 °C year(-1)), weaker but consistent and significant warming occurred during summer months (up to 0.3 °C year(-1)) both in West and East Greenland. Pressure trends on a monthly basis were mainly negative, but largely statistically non-significant. Compared with other time windows in the past six decades, the period 1996-2014 yielded an above-average warming trend. Northeast Greenland and the area around Zackenberg follow the general pattern but are on the lower boundary of observed significant trends in Greenland. We conclude that temperature-driven ecosystem changes as observed in Zackenberg may well be exceeded in other areas of Greenland. |
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Hotspots and key periods of Greenland climate change during the past six decades |
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Hotspots and key periods of Greenland climate change during the past six decades |
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Abermann , J , Hansen , B , Lund , M , Wacker , S , Karami , M & Cappelen , J 2017 , ' Hotspots and key periods of Greenland climate change during the past six decades ' , Ambio , vol. 46 , no. S1 , pp. 3-11 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0861-y |
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