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Trend in yearly cumulated melting area of the Greenland ice sheet
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Created 12 Jun 2012
Published 19 Nov 2012
Last modified 21 Dec 2016
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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.
European data
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Methodology:
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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Units:
% (1979 = 100 %)
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- EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
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Owners:
- European Environment Agency (EEA)
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Figure type:
- Graph
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Temporal coverage
1979-2011
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