Meteorological Observations in 1999 at the Arctic Station,Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn), Central West Greenland/Evidence of a warmer climate around AD 600, Mittivakkat Glacier,South East Greenland |
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| Authors: | Birger Ulf Hansen Niels Nielsen Ole Humlum Bent Hasholt |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen , ?ster Voldgade 10, 1350 , Copenhagen K. , Denmark;2. Institute of Geography, University of Copenhagen , ?ster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 , Copenhagen K. , Denmark E-mail: bh@geogr.ku.dk |
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| Abstract: | In october 1990 an automatic weather station was established at the Arctic Station (65° 15', 53°31'W), Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn), Central West Greenland. The Station register parameters each 20 minutes, and the paramters have been described in an earlier paper in this journal by Nielsen et al.(1995). The present paper summarizes meteorological parameters during 1999. During a field campaign in 1999, woody remains from Salix glauca were found on a nunatak, 515 m. a.s.l. on the Mittivakkat Glacier, South East Greenland. Radio carbon dating determined the age of a wood sample to AD 640. Together with analyses of macroscopic botanical remains and insect rests in peaty material found nearby, these results indicate, that a warmer climate prevailed near the glacier around AD 600. These findings are in accordance with temperature records based on studies of ice cores from the Greenland Ice sheet. |
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| Keywords: | Climate carbon-14 dating Mittivakkat Glacier Greenland |
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