Open Accessa new record in 2007 for melting in Greenland
Author(s) -
Tedesco Marco
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2007eo390003
Subject(s) - snowmelt , greenland ice sheet , brightness temperature , radiometer , anomaly (physics) , geology , ice sheet , climatology , environmental science , remote sensing , snow , brightness , oceanography , physics , astronomy , geomorphology , condensed matter physics
The 2007 melting season set a new record for snowmelt over the Greenland ice sheet, according to analysis of spaceborne microwave brightness temperatures measured by the Special Sensor Microwave Imaging radiometer aboard the U.S. Defense Meteorological Satellites Program. As shown in Figure la, positive melting anomaly values, calculated as the difference between the number of melting days occurring in 2007 and the average number of melting days during the period 1988–2006, are concentrated on large inland areas in southern Greenland.