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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3013-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3013-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Brief communication
| 
30 Jun 2021
Brief communication |
| 30 Jun 2021
| 30 Jun 2021
Brief communication: Reduction in the future Greenland ice sheet surface melt with the help of solar geoengineering
Xavier Fettweis
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
SPHERES research units, Geography Department, University of Liège,
Liège, Belgium
Stefan Hofer
SPHERES research units, Geography Department, University of Liège,
Liège, Belgium
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Roland Séférian
CNRM, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS,
Toulouse, France
Charles Amory
SPHERES research units, Geography Department, University of Liège,
Liège, Belgium
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Institut des Géosciences de
l'Environnement, Grenoble, France
Alison Delhasse
SPHERES research units, Geography Department, University of Liège,
Liège, Belgium
Sébastien Doutreloup
SPHERES research units, Geography Department, University of Liège,
Liège, Belgium
Christoph Kittel
SPHERES research units, Geography Department, University of Liège,
Liège, Belgium
Charlotte Lang
SPHERES research units, Geography Department, University of Liège,
Liège, Belgium
Joris Van Bever
SPHERES research units, Geography Department, University of Liège,
Liège, Belgium
Earth System Science, Departement Geografie, Vrije Universiteit
Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Florent Veillon
SPHERES research units, Geography Department, University of Liège,
Liège, Belgium
Peter Irvine
Earth Sciences, University College London, London, UK
Data sets
Greenland ice sheet and geoengi- neering: MAR outputs Xavier Fettweis https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5024965
Short summary
Without any reduction in our greenhouse gas emissions, the Greenland ice sheet surface mass loss can be brought in line with a medium-mitigation emissions scenario by reducing the solar downward flux at the top of the atmosphere by 1.5 %. In addition to reducing global warming, these solar geoengineering measures also dampen the well-known positive melt–albedo feedback over the ice sheet by 6 %. However, only stronger reductions in solar radiation could maintain a stable ice sheet in 2100.
Without any reduction in our greenhouse gas emissions, the Greenland ice sheet surface mass loss...
