Articles | Volume 13, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2241-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2241-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
30 Aug 2019
Research article |
| 30 Aug 2019
| 30 Aug 2019
Greenland Ice Sheet late-season melt: investigating multiscale drivers of K-transect events
Thomas J. Ballinger
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geography, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA
Thomas L. Mote
Department of Geography, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
Kyle Mattingly
Department of Geography, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
Angela C. Bliss
College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
Edward Hanna
School of Geography and Lincoln Centre for Water and Planetary Health, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK
Dirk van As
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
Melissa Prieto
Department of Geography, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA
Saeideh Gharehchahi
Department of Geography, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA
Xavier Fettweis
Laboratory of Climatology, Department of Geography, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
Brice Noël
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Paul C. J. P. Smeets
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Carleen H. Reijmer
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Mads H. Ribergaard
Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
John Cappelen
Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
Data sets
Arctic sea ice seasonal change and melt/freeze climate indictors from satellite data M. Steele, A. C. Bliss, G. Peng, W. N. Meier, and S. Dickinson https://doi.org/10.5067/KINANQKEZI4T
Short summary
Arctic sea ice and the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) are melting later in the year due to a warming climate. Through analyses of weather station, climate model, and reanalysis data, physical links are evaluated between Baffin Bay open water duration and western GrIS melt conditions. We show that sub-Arctic air mass movement across this portion of the GrIS strongly influences late summer and autumn melt, while near-surface, off-ice winds inhibit westerly atmospheric heat transfer from Baffin Bay.
Arctic sea ice and the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) are melting later in the year due to a warming...
