Characteristics of the contemporary Antarctic firn layer simulated with IMAU-FDM v1.2A (1979–2020)

• Main Authors: Veldhuijsen, Sanne B. M., Berg, Willem Jan, Brils, Max, Kuipers Munneke, Peter, Broeke, Michiel R.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; Dronning Maud Land; Wilkins; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2022-118; https://tc.copernicus.org/preprints/tc-2022-118/

Firn simulations are essential for understanding Antarctic ice sheet mass change as they enable us to convert satellite altimetry observed volume changes to mass changes, and to quantify the meltwater buffering capacity of firn. Here, we present and evaluate a simulation of the contemporary Antarcti...