Moisture transport in observations and reanalyses as a proxy for snow accumulation in East Antarctica

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: A. Dufour, C. Charrondière, O. Zolina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; East Antarctica; Merra; Antarc*; Antarctica; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-413-2019; https://doaj.org/article/7fe1169fdf9c4975a97f3eeb6e6618b2

Atmospheric moisture convergence on ice sheets provides an estimate of snow accumulation, which is critical to quantifying sea-level changes. In the case of East Antarctica, we computed moisture transport from 1980 to 2016 in five reanalyses and in radiosonde observations. Moisture convergence in re...