TY - JOUR
T1 - Record Summer Melt in Greenland in 2010
AU - Tedesco, M.
AU - Fettweis, X.
AU - van den Broeke, M.R.
AU - van de Wal, R.S.W.
AU - Smeets, C.J.P.P.
AU - van de Berg, W.J.
AU - Serreze, M.C.
AU - Box, J.E.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - As Arctic temperatures increase, there is
growing concern about the melting of the
Greenland ice sheet, which reached a new
record during the summer of 2010. Understanding
the changing surface mass balance
of the Greenland ice sheet requires
appreciation of the close links among
changes in surface air temperature, surface
melting, albedo, and snow accumulation.
Increased melting accelerates surface
snow grain growth, leading to a decrease
in surface albedo, which then fosters further
melt. In turn, winter accumulation
contributes to determining how much
snow is required before a dark (e.g., lower
albedo), bare ice surface is exposed in
spring
AB - As Arctic temperatures increase, there is
growing concern about the melting of the
Greenland ice sheet, which reached a new
record during the summer of 2010. Understanding
the changing surface mass balance
of the Greenland ice sheet requires
appreciation of the close links among
changes in surface air temperature, surface
melting, albedo, and snow accumulation.
Increased melting accelerates surface
snow grain growth, leading to a decrease
in surface albedo, which then fosters further
melt. In turn, winter accumulation
contributes to determining how much
snow is required before a dark (e.g., lower
albedo), bare ice surface is exposed in
spring
U2 - 10.1029/2011EO150002
DO - 10.1029/2011EO150002
M3 - Article
SN - 0096-3941
VL - 92
SP - 126
EP - 126
JO - Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union
JF - Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union
IS - 15
ER -