The spatial and temporal variability of the surface mass balance in Antarctica: results from a regional atmospheric climate model

• Published in: International Journal of Climatology
• Main Authors: van Lipzig, Nicole P. M., Meijgaard, Erik van, Oerlemans, Johannes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2002
• Subjects: Antarctic; Dronning Maud Land; Ellsworth Land; The Antarctic; Wilkes Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.798; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjoc.798; https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/joc.798

Abstract A 14 year integration with a regional atmospheric model (RACMO) is used to obtain detailed information on the Antarctic surface mass balance and to understand the mechanisms that are responsible for the spatial and temporal distribution of the surface mass balance. The model (Δ x = 55 km) u...