Accumulation rates for western Dronning Maud Land from firn cores and snow pits

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Auteurs principaux: Rotschky, Gerit, Holmlund, Per, Isaksson, Elisabeth, Mulvaney, Robert, Oerter, Hans, van den Broeke, Michiel R, Winther, Jan-Gunnar
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author Rotschky, Gerit
Holmlund, Per
Isaksson, Elisabeth
Mulvaney, Robert
Oerter, Hans
van den Broeke, Michiel R
Winther, Jan-Gunnar
author_facet Rotschky, Gerit
Holmlund, Per
Isaksson, Elisabeth
Mulvaney, Robert
Oerter, Hans
van den Broeke, Michiel R
Winther, Jan-Gunnar
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents As a result of intensive field activities carried out by several nations over the past 15 years, a set of accumulation measurements for western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, was collected, based on firn-core drilling and snow-pit sampling. This new information was supplemented by earlier data taken from the literature, resulting in 111 accumulation values. Using Geographical Information Systems software, a first region-wide mean annual snow-accumulation field was derived. In order to define suitable interpolation criteria, the accumulation records were analyzed with respect to their spatial autocorrelation and statistical properties. The resulting accumulation pattern resembles well known characteristics such as a relatively wet coastal area with a sharp transition to the dry interior, but also reveals complex topographic effects. Furthermore, this work identifies new high-return shallow drilling sites by uncovering areas of insufficient sampling density.
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spellingShingle Accumulation rates for western Dronning Maud Land from firn cores and snow pits
Rotschky, Gerit
Holmlund, Per
Isaksson, Elisabeth
Mulvaney, Robert
Oerter, Hans
van den Broeke, Michiel R
Winther, Jan-Gunnar
Accumulation rate ice, in water equivalent; AWI_Glac; Glaciology @ AWI; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; Period; Sample code/label; Sample comment; Sample type
As a result of intensive field activities carried out by several nations over the past 15 years, a set of accumulation measurements for western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, was collected, based on firn-core drilling and snow-pit sampling. This new information was supplemented by earlier data taken from the literature, resulting in 111 accumulation values. Using Geographical Information Systems software, a first region-wide mean annual snow-accumulation field was derived. In order to define suitable interpolation criteria, the accumulation records were analyzed with respect to their spatial autocorrelation and statistical properties. The resulting accumulation pattern resembles well known characteristics such as a relatively wet coastal area with a sharp transition to the dry interior, but also reveals complex topographic effects. Furthermore, this work identifies new high-return shallow drilling sites by uncovering areas of insufficient sampling density.
title Accumulation rates for western Dronning Maud Land from firn cores and snow pits
topic Accumulation rate ice, in water equivalent; AWI_Glac; Glaciology @ AWI; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; Period; Sample code/label; Sample comment; Sample type
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.407654