Articles | Volume 11, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2363-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2363-2017
Special issue editorial
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23 Oct 2017
Special issue editorial |  | 23 Oct 2017

Investigating the local-scale influence of sea ice on Greenland surface melt

Julienne C. Stroeve, John R. Mioduszewski, Asa Rennermalm, Linette N. Boisvert, Marco Tedesco, and David Robinson

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As the sea ice has declined strongly in recent years there has been a corresponding increase in Greenland melting. While both are likely a result of changes in atmospheric circulation patterns that favor summer melt, this study evaluates whether or not sea ice reductions around the Greenland ice sheet are having an influence on Greenland summer melt through enhanced sensible and latent heat transport from open water areas onto the ice sheet.