Clouds enhance Greenland ice sheet meltwater runoff

Clouds play a pivotal role in the energy and mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet, thereby affecting its contribution to global sea-level rise. Here, using a combination of observations and model simulations, the authors show that clouds enhance Greenland ice sheet meltwater runoff by more than 3...

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Main Authors: K. Van Tricht, S. Lhermitte, J. T. M. Lenaerts, I. V. Gorodetskaya, T. S. L’Ecuyer, B. Noël, M. R. van den Broeke, D. D. Turner, N. P. M. van Lipzig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10266