Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Mass Loss: Recent Developments in Observation and Modeling
Surface processes currently dominate Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) mass loss. We review recent developments in the observation and modeling of GrIS surface mass balance (SMB), published after the July 2012 deadline for the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC A...
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ftunivutrecht:oai:dspace.library.uu.nl:1874/386903 2023-12-03T10:23:21+01:00 Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Mass Loss: Recent Developments in Observation and Modeling van den Broeke, Michiel Box, Jason Fettweis, Xavier Hanna, Edward Noël, Brice Tedesco, Marco van As, Dirk van de Berg, Willem Jan van Kampenhout, Leo Sub Dynamics Meteorology Marine and Atmospheric Research 2017-12-01 image/pdf https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/386903 en eng 2198-6061 https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/386903 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess Greenland ice sheet modelling observations surface mass balance Global and Planetary Change Atmospheric Science Article 2017 ftunivutrecht 2023-11-08T23:15:34Z Surface processes currently dominate Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) mass loss. We review recent developments in the observation and modeling of GrIS surface mass balance (SMB), published after the July 2012 deadline for the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR5). Since IPCC AR5, our understanding of GrIS SMB has further improved, but new observational and model studies have also revealed that temporal and spatial variability of many processes are still poorly quantified and understood, e.g., bio-albedo, the formation of ice lenses and their impact on lateral meltwater transport, heterogeneous vertical meltwater transport (‘piping’), the impact of atmospheric-circulation changes and mixed-phase clouds on the surface energy balance, and the magnitude of turbulent heat exchange over rough ice surfaces. As a result, these processes are only schematically or not at all included in models that are currently used to assess and predict future GrIS surface mass loss. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Ice Sheet Utrecht University Repository Greenland |
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Surface processes currently dominate Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) mass loss. We review recent developments in the observation and modeling of GrIS surface mass balance (SMB), published after the July 2012 deadline for the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR5). Since IPCC AR5, our understanding of GrIS SMB has further improved, but new observational and model studies have also revealed that temporal and spatial variability of many processes are still poorly quantified and understood, e.g., bio-albedo, the formation of ice lenses and their impact on lateral meltwater transport, heterogeneous vertical meltwater transport (‘piping’), the impact of atmospheric-circulation changes and mixed-phase clouds on the surface energy balance, and the magnitude of turbulent heat exchange over rough ice surfaces. As a result, these processes are only schematically or not at all included in models that are currently used to assess and predict future GrIS surface mass loss. |
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Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Mass Loss: Recent Developments in Observation and Modeling |
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Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Mass Loss: Recent Developments in Observation and Modeling |
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Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Mass Loss: Recent Developments in Observation and Modeling |
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Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Mass Loss: Recent Developments in Observation and Modeling |
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Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Mass Loss: Recent Developments in Observation and Modeling |
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