Mass balance measurements in the Søndre Strømfjord area in the period 1990-1994

• Main Authors: Wal, R.S.W. van de, Bintanja, R., Boot, W., Broeke, M.R. van den, Conrads, L.A., Duynkerke, P.G., Fortuin, P., Henneken, E.A.C., Knap, W., Portanger, M., Vugts, H.F., Oerlemans, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: Natuur- en Sterrenkunde; Greenland; Ice Sheet; Sondre Stromfjord; Søndre strømfjord
• Online Access: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/22105

We present four years of mass balance measurements for a transcct in the ablation zone of the Greenland ice sheet (near Sondre Stromfjord, West Greenland). The measurements cover an altitude range of 337 to 1524 m. The mean equilibrium line-altitudc is found to be 1424 m. The largcst balance gradient is found just below the equilibrium line. This is a consequence of the albedo pattern, showing the smallest values in the middle of the ablation zone and not at the ice margin.