Investigating the spatial representativeness of East Antarctic ice cores: a comparison of ice core and radar-derived surface mass balance over coastal ice rises and Dome Fuji

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Cavitte, Marie G. P., Goosse, Hugues, Matsuoka, Kenichi, Wauthy, Sarah, Goel, Vikram, Dey, Rahul, Pratap, Bhanu, Van Liefferinge, Brice, Meloth, Thamban, Tison, Jean-Louis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2023
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Dronning Maud Land; Dome Fuji; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelves; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-4779-2023; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00069774; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00068145/tc-17-4779-2023.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/4779/2023/tc-17-4779-2023.pdf

Surface mass balance (SMB) of the Antarctic Ice Sheet must be better understood to document the current Antarctic contribution to sea-level rise. In situ point data using snow stakes and ice cores are often used to evaluate the state of the ice sheet's mass balance, as well as to assess SMB der...