Surface Mass Balance Models Vs. Stake Observations: A Comparison in the Lake Vostok Region, Central East Antarctica

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Andreas Richter, Alexey A. Ekaykin, Matthias O. Willen, Vladimir Ya. Lipenkov, Andreas Groh, Sergey V. Popov, Mirko Scheinert, Martin Horwath, Reinhard Dietrich
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
• Subjects: surface mass balance; stake observations; regional climate models; Antarctica; Vostok; Science; Q; Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Lake Vostok; Vostok Station; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.669977; https://doaj.org/article/6b37caf4f27f4a5aaf040ba092968f5d

The surface mass balance (SMB) is very low over the vast East Antarctic Plateau, for example in the Vostok region, where the mean SMB is on the order of 20–35 kg m-2 a-1. The observation and modeling of spatio-temporal SMB variations are equally challenging in this environment. Stake measurements ca...