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Modelling the development and decay of cryoconite holes in northwestern Greenland
Yukihiko Onuma
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Earth Observation Research Center (EORC), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Tsukuba 305-8505, Japan
Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
Nozomu Takeuchi
Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
Masashi Niwano
Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency, Tsukuba 305-0052, Japan
Teruo Aoki
Arctic Observation Center, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo 190-8518, Japan
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Short summary
We established a novel model that simulates the temporal changes in cryoconite hole (CH) depth using heat budgets calculated independently at the ice surface and CH bottom based on hole shape geometry. The simulations suggest that CH depth is governed by the balance between the intensity of the diffuse component of downward shortwave radiation and the wind speed. The meteorological conditions may be important factors contributing to the recent ice surface darkening via the redistribution of CHs.
We established a novel model that simulates the temporal changes in cryoconite hole (CH) depth...
