Recent Rise in West Greenland Surface Melt and Firn Density Driven by North Atlantic SSTs and Blocking Events

Erich C Osterberg1, Karina Graeter2, Robert L Hawley2, Hans-Peter Marshall3, David G Ferris Mr.2, Gabriel Lewis2, Sean D Birkel4, Tate Meehan5 and Forrest McCarthy6, (1)Dartmouth College, Department of Earth Sciences, Hanover, United States, (2)Dartmouth College, Department of Earth Sciences, Hanover, NH, United States, (3)Boise State Univ, Boise, ID, United States, (4)University of Maine, Climate Change Institute, Orono, ME, United States, (5)U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, United States, (6)Arctic Field Leader, Jackson, WY, United States