Wednesday 25 September 2019

BIG GAINS FOR GREENLAND ICE SHEET + N. HEMISPHERE ‘TOTAL SNOW MASS’ OFF TO A RECORD START

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 CAP ALLON
https://electroverse.net/big-gains-for-greenland-ice-sheet-n-hemisphere-total-snow-mass-off-to-a-record-start/

On the back of substantial surface mass balance (SMB) gains over the past few years, the Greenland ice sheet looks set to continue that trend in 2019-20.


Large areas to the Southeast are currently GAINING at RECORD LEVELS.

Check out the latest measurements from September 22, 2019 (courtesy of the DMI):
Blue line (Gt/day): total daily contribution to the SMB from the entire ice sheet. Grey line: mean value from 1981-2010 — Source: Danish Meteorological Institution (DMI).


‘TOTAL SNOW MASS’ OFF TO A RECORD START


And in addition to all those Greenland gains, the first data point of the 2019-20 Total snow mass for the Northern Hemisphere season has just been plotted, and it would appear that a substantial volume of last year’s well-above-average snowpack survived the summer melt, giving this season a record breaking head start:

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