Increasing meltwater discharge from the Nuuk region of the Greenland ice sheet and implications for mass balance (1960-2012)

• Main Authors: van As, D., Andersen, M.L., Petersen, D., Fettweis, X., van Angelen, J.H., Lenaerts, J.T.M., van den Broeke, M.R., Lea, J.M., Boeggild, C.E., Ahlstroem, A.P., Steffen, K.
• Other Authors: Marine and Atmospheric Research, Afd Marine and Atmospheric Research, Sub Physical Oceanography, Sub Dynamics Meteorology
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Greenland; Nuuk; glacier; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/296266

We assess the runoff and surface mass balance (SMB) of the Greenland ice sheet in the Nuuk region (southwest) using output of two regional climate models (RCMs) evaluated by observations. The region encompasses six glaciers that drain into Godtha˚bsfjord. RCM data (1960–2012) are resampled to a high...