The 1958–2009 Greenland ice sheet surface melt and the mid-tropospheric atmospheric circulation

Fettweis, Xavier; Mabille, Georges; Erpicum, Michel; Nicolay, Samuel; Van den Broeke, Michiel

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The 1958–2009 Greenland ice sheet surface melt and the mid-tropospheric atmospheric circulation

Fettweis, Xavier; Mabille, Georges; Erpicum, Michel et al.

2011 • In Climate Dynamics, 36 (1 (2011)), p. 139-159

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Greenland ice sheet; surface melt; circulation type classification

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[en] In order to assess the impact of the mid-tropospheric circulation over the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) on surface melt, as simulated by the regional climate model MAR, an automatic Circulation type classification (CTC) based on 500 hPa geopotential height from reanalyses is developed. General circulation correlates significantly with the surface melt anomalies for the summers in the period 1958–2009. The record surface melt events observed during the summers of 2007–2009 are linked to the exceptional persistence of atmospheric circulations favouring warm air advection. The CTC emphasizes that summer 500 hPa circulation patterns have changed since the beginning of the 2000s; this process is partly responsible for the recent warming observed over the GrIS.

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Earth sciences & physical geography

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Fettweis, Xavier ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géographie > Topoclimatologie

Mabille, Georges; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géographie > Topoclimatologie

Erpicum, Michel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géographie > Topoclimatologie

Nicolay, Samuel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de mathématique > Analyse - Analyse fonctionnelle - Ondelettes

Van den Broeke, Michiel; Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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English

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The 1958–2009 Greenland ice sheet surface melt and the mid-tropospheric atmospheric circulation

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2011

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Climate Dynamics

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0930-7575

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1432-0894

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Springer Science & Business Media B.V.

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1 (2011)

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139-159

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