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

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Charalampidis, C., Van As, D., Box, J.E., van den Broeke, M.R., Colgan, W.T., Doyle, S.H., Hubbard, Alun Lloyd, MacFerrin, M., Machguth, H., Smeets, C.J.P.P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2015
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450; Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; Ice Sheet; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/8666; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2163-2015

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...