The vertical structure of the troposphere and its connection to the surface mass balance of Flade Isblink in northeast Greenland

Fipper, Jonathan; Abermann, Jakob; Sasgen, Ingo; Skov, Henrik; Sørensen, Lise Lotte; Schöner, Wolfgang

doi:10.5194/tc-20-683-2026

Articles | Volume 20, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-683-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-683-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 1

Research article

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26 Jan 2026

Research article |

| 26 Jan 2026

The vertical structure of the troposphere and its connection to the surface mass balance of Flade Isblink in northeast Greenland

Jonathan Fipper, Jakob Abermann, Ingo Sasgen, Henrik Skov, Lise Lotte Sørensen, and Wolfgang Schöner

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-683-2026-supplement

Data sets

Vertical air temperature profiles at Villum Research Station, 2023 (Version 01) Jonathan Fipper et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15690233

Short summary

We use measurements conducted with uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) and reanalysis data to study the drivers of vertical air temperature structures and their link to the surface mass balance of Flade Isblink, a large ice cap in Northeast Greenland. Surface properties control temperature structures up to 100 m above ground, while large-scale circulation dominates above. Mass loss has increased since 2015, with record loss in 2023 associated with frequent synoptic conditions favouring melt.