%0 Journal Article
%T Twenty-one years of mass balance observations along the K-transect, West Greenland
%A R. S. W. van de Wal
%A W. Boot
%A C. J. P. P. Smeets
%A H. Snellen
%A M. R. van den Broeke
%A J. Oerlemans
%J Earth System Science Data (ESSD) & Discussions (ESSDD)
%D 2012
%I Copernicus Publications
%R 10.5194/essd-4-31-2012
%X A 21-yr record is presented of surface mass balance measurements along the K-transect. The series covers the period 1990¨C2011. Data are available at eight sites along a transect over an altitude range of 380¨C1850 m at approximately 67¡ã N in West Greenland. The surface mass balance gradient is on average 3.8 ¡Á 10 3 m w.e. m 1, and the mean equilibrium line altitude is 1553 m a.s.l. Only the lower three sites within 10 km of the margin up to an elevation of 700 m experience a significant increasing trend in the ablation over the entire period. Data are available at: doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.779181.
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