Greenland ice-sheet contribution to sea-level rise buffered by meltwater storage in firn
Surface melt on the Greenland ice sheet has shown increasing trends in areal extent and duration since the beginning of the satellite era. Records for melt were broken in 2005, 2007, 2010 and 2012. Much of the increased surface melt is occurring in the percolation zone, a region of the accumulation area that is perennially covered by snow and firn (partly compacted snow).
Publication Date:
08/11/2012
491
7423
240-243