Fifty years of instrumental surface mass balance observations at Vostok Station, central Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Alexey A. Ekaykin, Vladimir Ya. Lipenkov, Natalia A. Tebenkova
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press
• Subjects: Antarctica; instrumental observations; snow density; surface mass balance; Vostok station; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Vostok Station; Antarc*; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2023.53; https://doaj.org/article/83ff874cefb64c2db55fdf1471e19faf

We present the surface mass balance (SMB) dataset from Vostok Station's accumulation stake farms which provide the longest instrumental record of its kind obtained with a uniform technique in central Antarctica over the last 53 years. The snow build-up values at individual stakes demonstrate a...