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Articles | Volume 20, issue 5
Articles | Volume 20, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-2895-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-2895-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 20, issue 5
Research article
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21 May 2026
Research article |  | 21 May 2026

The anomalously warm summer of 2023 over Greenland as compared to previous record melt summers of 2012 and 2019

Alexander Mchedlishvili, Marco Vountas, and Hartmut Bösch

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Air circulation over Greenland affects ice melt by changing temperature, moisture, and wind. We study how much sunlight the ice reflects and how this relates to extreme melting. Focusing on the summers of 2012, 2019, and 2023, we explore the weather patterns that caused unusually warm conditions and how the Greenland ice sheet responded.
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