Water tracks intensify surface energy and mass exchange in the Antarctic McMurdo Dry Valleys

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: T. Linhardt, J. S. Levy, C. K. Thomas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: geo; envir; Antarctic; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Valley; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice; Ice Sheet; permafrost; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2203-2019; https://www.the-cryosphere.net/13/2203/2019/tc-13-2203-2019.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/d5bde354031c478ea3267ae8a23d81b6

The hydrologic cycle in the Antarctic McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDV) is mainly controlled by surface energy balance. Water tracks are channel-shaped high-moisture zones in the active layer of permafrost soils and are important solute and water pathways in the MDV. We evaluated the hypothesis that water t...