Estimating Greenland surface melt is hampered by melt induced dampening of temperature variability

The positive degree-day (PDD) model provides a particularly simple approach to estimate surface melt from land ice based solely on air temperature. Here, we use a climate and snow pack simulation of the Greenland ice sheet (Modèle Atmosphérique Régional, MAR) as a reference, to analyze this scheme i...

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Main Authors: UTA KREBS-KANZOW, PAUL GIERZ, GERRIT LOHMANN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2018-04-01
Series:Journal of Glaciology
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0022143018000102/type/journal_article