Firn air content changes on Antarctic ice shelves under three future warming scenarios

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Veldhuijsen, Sanne B. M., van de Berg, Willem Jan, Kuipers Munneke, Peter, van den Broeke, Michiel R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2024
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Dronning Maud Land; Roi Baudouin; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-1983-2024; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00073294; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00071470/tc-18-1983-2024.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/18/1983/2024/tc-18-1983-2024.pdf

The Antarctic firn layer provides pore space in which an estimated 94 % to 96 % of the surface melt refreezes or is retained as liquid water. Future depletion of firn pore space by increased surface melt, densification and formation of low-permeability ice slabs can potentially lead to meltwater pon...