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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1011-2022
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Melt in the Greenland EastGRIP ice core reveals Holocene warm events
Julien Westhoff
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Giulia Sinnl
Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Anders Svensson
Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Johannes Freitag
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Helle Astrid Kjær
Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Paul Vallelonga
Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Bo Vinther
Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sepp Kipfstuhl
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Dorthe Dahl-Jensen
Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Centre for Earth Observation Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Ilka Weikusat
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Department of Geosciences, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany
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Short summary
We present a melt event record from an ice core from central Greenland, which covers the past 10 000 years. Our record displays warm summer events, which can be used to enhance our understanding of the past climate. We compare our data to anomalies in tree ring width, which also represents summer temperatures, and find a good correlation. Furthermore, we investigate an outstandingly warm event in the year 986 AD or 991 AD, which has not been analyzed before.
We present a melt event record from an ice core from central Greenland, which covers the past...
