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NASA's Earth Observatory has a surface air temperature map for July. The area of the Petermann Glacier appears to have been about 4 C. above average for the month:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=78869
See also this page for an animated long term temperature anomaly map:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/decadaltemp.php
First Petermann Ice Island photos
REMEMBER: There are two days left to vote on the poll widgets in the right hand bar, one is for Cryosphere Today minimum daily sea ice area, the other for NSIDC minimum September/monthly sea ice extent. You can also re-vote if you like by going to the polls directly (here for NSIDC minimum month...
Consider Greenland for your next up-and-coming-paradise-above-the-Arctic-Circle vacation! A land of the Magical Midnight Sun and Million Star Accommodations!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOnnHoFp5SE&feature=related
Unprecedented Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Melt
This just in from NASA (hat-tip Apocalypse4Real): Satellites See Unprecedented Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Melt July 24, 2012: For several days this month, Greenland's surface ice cover melted over a larger area than at any time in more than 30 years of satellite observations. Nearly the entire...
Cross-posting from Dr. Jeff Master's blog on this topic:
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2160
Unprecedented Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Melt
This just in from NASA (hat-tip Apocalypse4Real): Satellites See Unprecedented Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Melt July 24, 2012: For several days this month, Greenland's surface ice cover melted over a larger area than at any time in more than 30 years of satellite observations. Nearly the entire...
Hi Andy Lee,
You ask:
"The recent video of the surging Watson River was fairly impressive, but how did its flow rate differ from the average for the time of year?"
From what I've read, this event was a unique anomaly. The flow exceeded any previous flooding event by a factor of 2.
The huge flow of water was most likely due to glacial dam giving way and draining a significant body of trapped, hidden water. This happens with some frequency in Iceland, but has been rare in Greenland. A similar phenomenon has been studied in the western U.S. Glacial Lake Missoula http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacial_Lake_Missoula has been well-researched over the past few decades. Here's one of my favorite videos about these gargantuan flood events: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1MNpYb5YCA
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"Was this representative of all rivers draining from the icesheet?"
No. This was a unique situation. Of course in a warming world, we can expect more such unique events never before observed.
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"rayduray on Climate Crocks mentioned that the Watson River flow rate was 3.5 million litres per second - that's 3,500 x 86400 = 300 million tonnes per day, or nearly 1 km3 of water every 3 days! For just one river! Is this correct?"
You math seems good. But keep in mind that this event was an outlier.
-Ray
Unprecedented Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Melt
This just in from NASA (hat-tip Apocalypse4Real): Satellites See Unprecedented Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Melt July 24, 2012: For several days this month, Greenland's surface ice cover melted over a larger area than at any time in more than 30 years of satellite observations. Nearly the entire...
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