Siple Dome shallow ice cores: a study in coastal dome microclimatology

• Published in: Climate of the Past
• Main Authors: Jones, T. R., White, J. W. C., Popp, T.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic; Dome The; Pacific; Siple; Siple Dome; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-10-1253-2014; https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/10/1253/2014/

Ice cores at Siple Dome, West Antarctica, receive the majority of their precipitation from Pacific Ocean moisture sources. Pacific climate patterns, particularly the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Southern Annular Mode (SAM), affect local temperature, atmospheric circulation, snow accum...