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Articles | Volume 14, issue 4
Articles | Volume 14, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1209-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1209-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 14, issue 4
Research article
 | 
15 Apr 2020
Research article |  | 15 Apr 2020

Unprecedented atmospheric conditions (1948–2019) drive the 2019 exceptional melting season over the Greenland ice sheet

Marco Tedesco and Xavier Fettweis

Data sets

MAR data X. Fettweis ftp://ftp.climato.be/fettweis/ MARv3.10/Greenland/NCEP1_1948-2019_20km

Model code and software

MAR code X. Fettweis http://mar.cnrs.fr/ index.php?option_smdi=presentation&idm=10

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Short summary
Unprecedented atmospheric conditions occurring in the summer of 2019 over Greenland promoted new record or close-to-record values of mass loss. Summer of 2019 was characterized by an exceptional persistence of anticyclonic conditions that enhanced melting.
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