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DOI	10.5194/tc-14-4181-2020
	Long-term surface energy balance of the western Greenland Ice Sheet and the role of large-scale circulation variability
	Huai B.; Van Den Broeke M.R.; Reijmer C.H.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	19940416
起始页码	4181
结束页码	4199
卷号	14 期号:11
英文摘要	We present the surface energy balance (SEB) of the western Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) using an energy balance model forced with hourly observations from nine automatic weather stations (AWSs) along two transects: The Kangerlussuaq (K) transect with seven AWSs in the southwest and the Thule (T) transect with two AWSs in the northwest. Modeled and observed surface temperatures for non-melting conditions agree well with RMSEs of 1.1-1.6 K, while reasonable agreement is found between modeled and observed 10 d cumulative ice melt. Absorbed shortwave radiation (Snet) is the main energy source for melting (M), followed by the sensible heat flux (Qh). The multiyear average seasonal cycle of SEB components shows that Snet and M peak in July at all AWSs. The turbulent fluxes of sensible (Qh) and latent heat (Ql) decrease significantly with elevation, and the latter becomes negative at higher elevations, partly offsetting Qh. Average June, July and August (JJA) albedo values are < 0.6 for stations below 1000ma.s.l. and > 0.7 for the higher stations. The nearsurface climate variables and surface energy fluxes from reanalysis products ERA-Interim, ERA5 and the regional climate model RACMO2.3 were compared to the AWS values. The newer ERA5 product only significantly improves ERAInterim for albedo. The regional model RACMO2.3, which has higher resolution (5.5 km) and a dedicated snow/ice module, unsurprisingly outperforms the reanalyses for (near-)surface climate variables, but the reanalyses are indispensable in detecting dependencies of west Greenland climate and melt on large-scale circulation variability. We correlate ERA5 with the AWS data to show a significant positive correlation of western GrIS summer surface temperature and melt with the Greenland Blocking Index (GBI) and weaker and opposite correlations with the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). This analysis may further help to explain melting patterns on the western GrIS from the perspective of circulation anomalies. © 2020 Author(s).
英文关键词	atmospheric circulation; energy balance; ice sheet; long-term change; North Atlantic Oscillation; sea ice; seasonality; surface energy; Arctic; Greenland; Greenland Ice Sheet
语种	英语
来源期刊	Cryosphere
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/202108
作者单位	College of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China; Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Huai B.,Van Den Broeke M.R.,Reijmer C.H.. Long-term surface energy balance of the western Greenland Ice Sheet and the role of large-scale circulation variability[J],2020,14(11).
APA	Huai B.,Van Den Broeke M.R.,&Reijmer C.H..(2020).Long-term surface energy balance of the western Greenland Ice Sheet and the role of large-scale circulation variability.Cryosphere,14(11).
MLA	Huai B.,et al."Long-term surface energy balance of the western Greenland Ice Sheet and the role of large-scale circulation variability".Cryosphere 14.11(2020).