Trend in yearly cumulated melting area of the Greenland ice sheet

Figure Created 12 Jun 2012 Published 19 Nov 2012 Last modified 21 Dec 2016
The figure shows the change in yearly cumulated area of the Greenland ice sheet and it's melt during the period 1979 to 2011 in percentage relative to area in 1979=100. The linear trend 1979–2011 is included.

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12 Jun 2012
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Fettweis, X., M. Tedesco, M. van den Broeke, and J. Ettema. 2011. ‘Melting Trends over the Greenland Ice Sheet (1958–2009) from Spaceborne Microwave Data and Regional Climate Models’.The Cryosphere5 (2): 359–375. doi:10.5194/tc-5-359-2011.

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% (1979 = 100 %)

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