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Articles | Volume 12, issue 10
Articles | Volume 12, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3215-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3215-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 12, issue 10
Research article
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08 Oct 2018
Research article |  | 08 Oct 2018

Processes influencing heat transfer in the near-surface ice of Greenland's ablation zone

Benjamin H. Hills, Joel T. Harper, Toby W. Meierbachtol, Jesse V. Johnson, Neil F. Humphrey, and Patrick J. Wright

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At its surface, an ice sheet is closely connected to the climate. Assessing heat transfer between near-surface ice and the overlying atmosphere is important for understanding how the ice sheet is melting at the surface. We measured ice temperature within 20 m of the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Resulting ice temperatures are warmer than the air, a peculiar result which implies the role of some nonconductive heat transfer processes such as latent heating by refreezing meltwater.
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