Partitioning of melt energy and meltwater fluxes in the ablation zone of the west Greenland ice sheet

We present four years (August 2003–August 2007) of surface mass balance data from the ablation zone of the west Greenland ice sheet along the 67° N latitude circle. Sonic height rangers and automatic weather stations continuously measured accumulation/ablation and near-surface climate at...

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Main Authors: M. van den Broeke, P. Smeets, J. Ettema, C. van der Veen, R. van de Wal, J. Oerlemans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2008-12-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:http://www.the-cryosphere.net/2/179/2008/tc-2-179-2008.pdf