Dear Colleagues,
Allow me to draw your attention to the just-released 2014 past melt season report from http://polarportal.org; a joint effort of The Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), and The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) to report near-realtime on the climatic state of the Greenland ice sheet and Arctic sea ice.
Findings in the 2014 report include:
- The Greenland ice sheet contributed in the past year approximately 1.2 mm to global sea level;
- Below average reflection of sunlight is associated with increased melting from the Greenland ice sheet in 2014;
- The surface mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet was lower than normal, but not record low;
- Arctic sea ice strengthened in 2014;
- A new temperature record was set in Kangerlussuaq west Greenland in June 2014;
- There were no exceptional changes in the position of Greenland glacier fronts.
The report is provided in Danish, English and Greenlandic at http://polarportal.dk/en/nyheder/arkiv/2014-season-report/
Have an ice day!
Professor Jason E. Box
GEUS – Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Øster Voldgade 10, 1350 Copenhagen, Denmark
