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Greenland warming of 1920–1930 and 1995–2005
Author(s) -
Chylek Petr,
Dubey M. K.,
Lesins G.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2006gl026510
Subject(s) - global warming , climatology , environmental science , groenlandia , climate change , greenland ice sheet , current (fluid) , physical geography , geology , oceanography , geography , glacier , ice sheet
We provide an analysis of Greenland temperature records to compare the current (1995–2005) warming period with the previous (1920–1930) Greenland warming. We find that the current Greenland warming is not unprecedented in recent Greenland history. Temperature increases in the two warming periods are of a similar magnitude, however, the rate of warming in 1920–1930 was about 50% higher than that in 1995–2005.