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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-971-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-971-2015
Research article
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11 May 2015
Research article |  | 11 May 2015

Numerical simulation of extreme snowmelt observed at the SIGMA-A site, northwest Greenland, during summer 2012

M. Niwano, T. Aoki, S. Matoba, S. Yamaguchi, T. Tanikawa, K. Kuchiki, and H. Motoyama

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A physical snowpack model SMAP and in situ meteorological and snow data obtained at site SIGMA-A on the northwest Greenland ice sheet are used to assess surface energy balance during the extreme near-surface snowmelt event around 12 July 2012. We determined that the main factor for the melt event observed at the SIGMA-A site was low-level clouds accompanied by a significant temperature increase, which induced surface heating via cloud radiative forcing in the polar region.