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Naturally you'll not read that in WaPo, NYT, Guardian or the BBC.
The Greenland Ice Sheet evolves throughout the year as weather conditions change. Precipitation increases the mass of the ice sheet, whilst greater warmth leads to melting, which causes it to lose mass. The term surface mass balance is used to describe the isolated gain and loss of mass of the surface of the ice sheet – excluding the mass that is lost when glaciers calve off icebergs and melt as they come into contact with warm seawater.
The figures above are updated on a daily basis and show how much mass in terms of snow, ice or water is lost or gained on the surface of the Ice Sheet.
The black circles on the map correspond to the PROMICE meteorological stations that have been established to monitor the melting processes. Note that the circles on the map are slightly displaced from their actual positions in order for them to be distinguishable. On the large version of the map they are marked with small dots at their true positions. By clicking on the magenta circle, measurements of runoff from Watson river close to Kangerlussuaq is shown. The river drains about 12000 km2 of the inland ice.
The density of snow and ice is different to that of water, and the figures are therefore converted to water to ensure that the total mass is calculated.
http://polarportal.dk/en/greenland/surface-conditions/#c8397
Naturally you'll not read that in WaPo, NYT, Guardian or the BBC.
The Greenland Ice Sheet evolves throughout the year as weather conditions change. Precipitation increases the mass of the ice sheet, whilst greater warmth leads to melting, which causes it to lose mass. The term surface mass balance is used to describe the isolated gain and loss of mass of the surface of the ice sheet – excluding the mass that is lost when glaciers calve off icebergs and melt as they come into contact with warm seawater.
The figures above are updated on a daily basis and show how much mass in terms of snow, ice or water is lost or gained on the surface of the Ice Sheet.
The black circles on the map correspond to the PROMICE meteorological stations that have been established to monitor the melting processes. Note that the circles on the map are slightly displaced from their actual positions in order for them to be distinguishable. On the large version of the map they are marked with small dots at their true positions. By clicking on the magenta circle, measurements of runoff from Watson river close to Kangerlussuaq is shown. The river drains about 12000 km2 of the inland ice.
The density of snow and ice is different to that of water, and the figures are therefore converted to water to ensure that the total mass is calculated.
http://polarportal.dk/en/greenland/surface-conditions/#c8397
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