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Articles | Volume 13, issue 8
Articles | Volume 13, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2241-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2241-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 8
Research article
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30 Aug 2019
Research article |  | 30 Aug 2019

Greenland Ice Sheet late-season melt: investigating multiscale drivers of K-transect events

Thomas J. Ballinger, Thomas L. Mote, Kyle Mattingly, Angela C. Bliss, Edward Hanna, Dirk van As, Melissa Prieto, Saeideh Gharehchahi, Xavier Fettweis, Brice Noël, Paul C. J. P. Smeets, Carleen H. Reijmer, Mads H. Ribergaard, and John Cappelen

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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.
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