Articles | Volume 14, issue 4
The Cryosphere, 14, 1209–1223, 2020
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The Cryosphere, 14, 1209–1223, 2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1209-2020
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Research article
15 Apr 2020
Research article
| 15 Apr 2020
Unprecedented atmospheric conditions (1948–2019) drive the 2019 exceptional melting season over the Greenland ice sheet
Marco Tedesco and Xavier Fettweis
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Latest update: 29 Jan 2023
Short summary
Unprecedented atmospheric conditions occurring in the summer of 2019 over Greenland promoted new record or close-to-record values of mass loss. Summer of 2019 was characterized by an exceptional persistence of anticyclonic conditions that enhanced melting.
Unprecedented atmospheric conditions occurring in the summer of 2019 over Greenland promoted new...
