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Personal Author:
Moon, T. A. ; Tedesco, M. ; Box, J. E. ; Cappelen, J. ; Fausto, R. S. ; ... More +
Moon, T. A. ; Tedesco, M. ; Box, J. E. ; Cappelen, J. ; Fausto, R. S. ; Fettweis, X. ; Korsgaard, N. J. ; Loomis, B. D. ; Mankoff, K. D. ; Mote, T. L. ; Wehrlé, A. ; Winton, Ø. A. Less -
Corporate Authors:
United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. ; Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing (GOMO) Program
United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. ; Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing (GOMO) Program Less -
NOAA Program & Office:
OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; GOMO (Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing) ; CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences)
OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; GOMO (Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing) ; CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences) Less -
Description:
Greenland ice sheet total mass change for 1 September 2020 to 31 August 2021 was -85 ± 16 Gt, 179 Gt less than the 2002-21 average of -264 ± 12 Gt yr–1. High variability characterized 2021 surface melting with a two-week long August period of increased melt and bare ice exposure contrasting with low June and July melt conditions. An overall average melt obscured strongly contrasting spatial and temporal melt patterns. On 14 August 2021, Greenland experienced the latest date of an extreme melt event (>50% area) within the 43-year satellite record, including the first reported rainfall at Summit Station, Greenland.
Keywords:
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Climatic Changes Ice Sheets Arctic Report Card
Series:
NOAA technical report OAR ARC ; 21-04
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25923/546g-ms61
Document Type:
Technical Report
Place as Subject:
Greenland
License:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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CC0 Public Domain
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Submitted
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:378fd8b88a6712f84f20642344ae4ba2ce467f60ba1dc48fa474c1015c5aa797
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https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/34471/noaa_34471_DS1.pdf
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