Modelling perennial firn aquifers in the Antarctic Peninsula (1979–2016)

• Main Authors: Wessem, J. Melchior, Steger, Christian R., Wever, Nander, Broeke, Michiel R.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Palmer Land; The Antarctic; Wilkins; Wilkins Ice Shelf; Wordie; Wordie Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2020-148; https://tc.copernicus.org/preprints/tc-2020-148/

We use two snow models, the IMAU Firn Densification Model (IMAU-FDM) and SNOWPACK, to model firn characteristics in the Antarctic Peninsula (AP). We force these models with mass and energy fluxes from the Regional Atmospheric Climate MOdel (RACMO2.3p2) to construct a 1979–2016 climatology of AP firn...