To what extent do water isotope records from low accumulation Alpine ice cores reproduce instrumental temperature series?

• Published in: Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
• Main Authors: Pascal Bohleber, Dietmar Wagenbach, Wolfgang Schöner, Reinhard Böhm
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Stockholm University Press 2013
• Subjects: Alpine ice cores; stable water isotopes; temperature proxy record; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Monte Rosa; ice core
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.20148; https://doaj.org/article/cbd3c6af556b4733b2b9c3aadd18dc15

Among Alpine ice core drilling sites, the Colle Gnifetti glacier saddle situated in the Monte Rosa summit range is the only one whose net snow accumulation rate is low enough to offer climate records back to some 1000 yr. It is demonstrated that the strong snow erosion at this site particularly hamp...