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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8101-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8101-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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21 Jun 2019
Research article |
| 21 Jun 2019
| 21 Jun 2019
Spatial and temporal variability of snowfall over Greenland from CloudSat observations
Ralf Bennartz
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Frank Fell
Informus GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Claire Pettersen
Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Matthew D. Shupe
Physical Sciences Division, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science and NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Dirk Schuettemeyer
ESA ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands
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Short summary
The Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) is rapidly melting. Snowfall is the only source of ice mass over the GrIS. We use satellite observations to assess how much snow on average falls over the GrIS and what the annual cycle and spatial distribution of snowfall is. We find the annual mean snowfall over the GrIS inferred from CloudSat to be 34 ± 7.5 cm yr−1 liquid equivalent.
The Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) is rapidly melting. Snowfall is the only source of ice mass over...
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