The Surface Mass-Balance of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica: Data Interpretation and Application

• Main Author: Whillans, Ian M.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Research Foundation and the Institute of Polar Studies, The Ohio State University. 1975
• Subjects: Surface Mass Balance > Ice Sheets; Ice Sheets > Antarctica; Snow Sensities; Firn Densities; Amundsen Sea; Byrd; Byrd Station; Marie Byrd Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/38734

The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history. A method is described to determine accurate and precise mass balance from bamboo poles at the surface of the ice sheet upstream from Byrd Station, Antarctica. The method includes corrections for snow...