Greenland ice sheet melt from MODIS and associated atmospheric variability

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Greenland ice sheet melt from MODIS and associated atmospheric variability [1]

Daily June-July melt fraction variations over the Greenland ice sheet (GIS) derived from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) (2000–2013) are associated with atmospheric blocking forming an omega-shape ridge over the GIS at 500 hPa height. Blocking activity with a range of time scales, from synoptic waves breaking poleward (

Publication Date:

16/03/2014

Author(s): Sirpa Häkkinen [2], Dorothy K. Hall [3], Christopher A. Shuman & et al [4]

Source: Geophysical Research Letters [5]

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1600–1607

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Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/greenland-ice-sheet-melt-modis-and-associated-atmospheric-variability

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