Outline of surface mass balance at Dome Fuji, East Antarctica, by the stake method from 1995 to 2006

• Main Authors: Takao Kameda, Hideaki Motoyama, Shuji Fujita, Shuhei Takahashi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 2008
• Subjects: geo; envir; Antarctic; Dome Fuji; East Antarctica; South Pole; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; Ice Sheet; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00009441; https://doaj.org/article/17b6944951a14d6a89f37f0ad97ef93f

This paper describes observational results of surface mass balance (SMB) at Dome Fuji (77°19'01″S, 39°42'11″E; 3810m a.s.l.), East Antarctica from 1995 to 2006. The SMB was estimated using 36 bamboo stakes (grid of 6×6, placed at 20m intervals). The heights of the stake tops from the snow...