Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005georl..3219502w&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 32, Issue 19, CiteID L19502
Physics
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Cryosphere: Snowmelt, Global Change: Remote Sensing (1855), Global Change: Instruments And Techniques, Hydrology: Glaciology (0736, 0776, 1863), Atmospheric Processes: Polar Meteorology
Scientific paper
The extent and duration of summer melt on ice caps in the Queen Elizabeth Islands (QEI), Nunavut, Canada, in 2000-2004 were mapped using enhanced resolution QuikSCAT (QSCAT) scatterometer images. The mean melt duration depends mainly on surface elevation and distance from Baffin Bay. Over most ice caps, inter-annual variations in melt duration and the variation in melt duration with elevation are closely related to variations in the July 500 hPa height over the QEI. Pressure-related variability in the vertical gradient of near-surface air temperature appears to be a major control on the inter-annual variations in average melt duration.
Burgess David
Marshall Sean
Rivard Benoit
Sharp John M.
Wang Lanjuan
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