Instruments and Methods Snow density for measuring surface mass balance using the stake method

• Main Authors: Takahashi, Shuhei, Kameda, Takao
• Language: English
• Published: International Glaciological Society 2007
• Subjects: Antarctic; Dome Fuji; South Pole; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Journal of Glaciology; South pole
• Online Access: https://kitami-it.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/8393/files/Takahashi+and+Kameda+J+Glaciol_2007(j06j107).pdf

A measure of snow density is required to estimate water equivalent ice-sheet surface mass balance (SMB) from stake measurements. Previous studies have utilized the snow density at different depths within the snow. By considering the snow densification process in the time interval between stake heigh...