Hanna, E. and Cappelen, J.
(2003)
Recent cooling in coastal southern Greenland and relation with the North Atlantic Oscillation.
Geophysical Research Letters, 30
(3).
pp. 32-1.
ISSN 0094-8276
Full content URL: https://doi.org/10.1029/2002gl015797
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Abstract
Analysis of new data for eight stations in coastal southern Greenland, 1958-2001, shows a significant cooling (trend-line change -1.29°C for the 44 years), as do sea-surface temperatures in the adjacent part of the Labrador Sea, in contrast to global warming (+0.53°C over the same period). The land and sea temperature series follow similar patterns and are strongly correlated but with no obvious lead/lag either way. This cooling is significantly inversely correlated with an increased phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) over the past few decades (r = -0.76), and will probably have significantly affected the mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
| Keywords: | Cooling, Data reduction, Global warming, Sea-surface temperatures, Geophysics, cooling, global change, ice sheet, mass balance, North Atlantic Oscillation, sea surface temperature, Greenland |
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| Subjects: | F Physical Sciences > F860 Climatology |
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| Divisions: | College of Science > School of Geography |
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| ID Code: | 26065 |
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| Deposited On: | 10 Feb 2017 18:42 |
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