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Research article
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11 Jun 2015
Research article |
| 11 Jun 2015
Changes in the firn structure of the western Greenland Ice Sheet caused by recent warming
S. de la Peña
Byrd Polar and Climate Center, The Ohio State University, Scott Hall, 1090 Carmack Road, Columbus, OH 43212, USA
I. M. Howat
School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1002, USA
P. W. Nienow
School of GeoSciences, The University of Edinburgh, Geography Building, Drummond Street, Edinburgh EH8 9XP, UK
M. R. van den Broeke
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU), Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80000, 3508 TA Utrecht, the Netherlands
E. Mosley-Thompson
Byrd Polar and Climate Center, The Ohio State University, Scott Hall, 1090 Carmack Road, Columbus, OH 43212, USA
S. F. Price
Fluid Dynamics Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, T-3, Mail Stop B216, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
D. Mair
The College of Physical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Fraser Noble Building, King's College, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, UK
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU), Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80000, 3508 TA Utrecht, the Netherlands
A. J. Sole
Department of Geography, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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Short summary
This paper presents an assessment of changes in the near-surface structure of the accumulation zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet caused by an increase of melt at higher elevations in the last decade, especially during the unusually warm years of 2010 and 2012. The increase in melt and firn densification complicate the interpretation of changes in the ice volume, and the observed increase in firn ice content may reduce the important meltwater buffering capacity of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
This paper presents an assessment of changes in the near-surface structure of the accumulation...
