Surface mass balance, sublimation and snow temperatures at Dome Fuji Station, Antarctica, in 1995

The paper focuses on the first year-round observations of surface mass balance,sublimation and snow temperatures at Dome Fuji Station. This Station was newly established at the highest point(77°19′0l′′S,39°42′12′′E;381Om)in Queen Maud Land,Antarctica by the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition. It...

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Main Authors: Kameda, Takao, Azuma, Nobuhiko, Furukawa, Teruo, Ageta, Yutaka, Takahashi, Shuhei
Language:English
Published: 国立極地研究所
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Online Access:https://kitami-it.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/7202/files/5123.pdf
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Summary:The paper focuses on the first year-round observations of surface mass balance,sublimation and snow temperatures at Dome Fuji Station. This Station was newly established at the highest point(77°19′0l′′S,39°42′12′′E;381Om)in Queen Maud Land,Antarctica by the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition. It was found that average surface mass balance by the stake method was +2.5gcm^<-2> from 25 January 1995 to 30 January 1996(370 days),of which about 95% of the positive balance was obtained from February to the middle of October(eight and half months). Sublimation from atmosphere to snow surface (mass input:+0.55gcm^<-2>)was predominant in winter(March to October)and sublimation from snow surface to atmosphere (mass output: -0.39gcm^<-2>) was predominant in summer (November to February).In the annual balance,sublimation from atmosphere to snow surface (+0.16gcm^<-2>) prevailed. This corresponds to about 6% of the annual surface mass balance. The snow temperature at 10 m depth varied from -57.0 to -57.8℃,and the annual mean 10 m snow temperature was -57.3℃. application/pdf journal article