A precise monitoring of snow surface height in the region of Lambert Glacier basin-Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica

• Published in: Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Xiao, CD, Qin, DH, Bian, LG, Zhou, XJ, Allison, I, Yan, M
• Other Authors: Xiao, CD (reprint author), Peking Univ, Dept Atmospher Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China., Peking Univ, Dept Atmospher Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China., Chinese Acad Meteorol Sci, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China., Chinese Acad Sci, Lab Ice Core & Cold Reg Environm, Cold & Arid Reg Environm & Engn Res Inst, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China., Australian Antarctic Div, Hobart, Tas 7001, Australia., Antarctic Climate & Ecosyst CRC, Hobart, Tas 7001, Australia., Polar Res Ctr China, Shanghai 200129, Peoples R China.
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: science in china series d earth sciences 2005
• Subjects: Antarctica; Lambert Glacier Basin; Amery Ice Shelf; accumulation; katabatic wind; DRONNING MAUD LAND; POLAR PLATEAU; MASS-BALANCE; SHEET; SUBLIMATION; STATION; Amery; Antarctic; Davis Station; Davis-Station; Dronning Maud Land; East Antarctica; Lambert Glacier; Polar Plateau; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/254209; https://doi.org/10.1360/03yd0127

The net surface snow accumulation on the Antarctic ice sheet is determined by a combination of precipitation, sublimation and wind redistribution. We present a one-year record of hourly snow-height measurements at LGB69 (70 degrees 50'S, 77 degrees 04'E, 1850 m a.s.l.), east side of Lamber...