not many people know
Paul Homewood
Most Popular Annual Updates:
Greenland's ice sheet has been completely normal over the past 12 months, with the surface mass balance increasing in size at a normal rate:
http://polarportal.dk/en/greenland/surface-conditions/
As always, read the instructions for DMI to the effect that SMB does not include calving losses:
The Greenland ice sheet changes throughout the year as weather conditions change. Precipitation increases the mass of the ice sheet, while rising temperatures cause the ice sheet to melt, resulting in a loss of mass. The term surface mass balance is used to describe isolated gains and losses in ice sheet surface mass, excluding mass lost when glaciers calve icebergs and melt in contact with warm ocean water.
I hope to update the full data, including calving data, as soon as the DMI is released.
But the SMB is the real driver of what's happening on the ice sheet. A warming climate is usually expected to reduce SMEs, but this has clearly not happened.
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