Densification of layered firn in the ice sheet at Dome Fuji, Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: FUJITA, SHUJI, GOTO-AZUMA, KUMIKO, HIRABAYASHI, MOTOHIRO, HORI, AKIRA, IIZUKA, YOSHINORI, MOTIZUKI, YUKO, MOTOYAMA, HIDEAKI, TAKAHASHI, KAZUYA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2016
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Dome Fuji; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2016.16; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143016000162

ABSTRACT In order to better understand the densification of polar firn, firn cores from the three sites within ~10 km of Dome Fuji, Antarctica, were investigated using surrogates of density: dielectric permittivities ε v and ε h at microwave frequencies with electrical fields in the vertical and hor...