%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
%J Earth System Science Data Discussions
%D 2012
%I Copernicus Publications
%R 10.5194/essdd-5-351-2012
%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 8 sites along a transect over an altitude range of 390¨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 3 sites within 10 km of the margin experience a significant increasing trend in the ablation over the entire period. Data are available at: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.779181.
%U http://www.earth-syst-sci-data-discuss.net/5/351/2012/essdd-5-351-2012.pdf