Precipitation Trends in Greenland During the Past 30 Years.

Abstract

The record of annual precipitation as obtained from stratigraphic studies on snow profiles in the interior of Northern Greenland shows a decreasing precipitation trend since 1920 with the largest decrease occurring since 1932. A residual mass curve analysis of the data indicates that, in spite of large fluctuations in the accumulated precipitation, the decreasing trend may be considered valid over a period of several years. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1956
Accession Number
AD0716662

Entities

People

  • Marvin Diamond

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atlantic Ocean Islands
  • Greenland
  • Precipitation
  • Residuals

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Climatology