Recent variations in surface mass balance of the Antarctic Peninsula ice sheet

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Morris, Elizabeth M., Mulvaney, Robert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: International Glaciological Society 2004
• Subjects: Meteorology and Climatology; Glaciology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Rothera; Alexander Island; Gomez; Palmer Land; Gomez Nunatak; Antarc*; ice core; Ice Sheet; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12306/

Over the period 1972-98 the height of the snow surface at eight Antarctic sites in Palmer Land and on Alexander Island has been measured with respect to fixed points on local nunataks. From these data an empirical relation between height changes over a given period and three key variables has been d...