Snow accumulation variability derived from radar and firn core data along a 600 km transect in Adelie Land, East Antarctic plateau

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: D. Verfaillie, M. Fily, E. Le Meur, O. Magand, B. Jourdain, L. Arnaud, V. Favier
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2012
• Subjects: geo; envir; Antarctic; Austral; Dumont d'Urville; Dumont-d'Urville; East Antarctica; Polar Plateau; Adelie Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; International Polar Year; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-1345-2012; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/6/1345/2012/tc-6-1345-2012.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/e7b083bb8a344a9386c75c926d81face

The mass balance of ice sheets is an intensively studied topic in the context of global change and sea-level rise. However – particularly in Antarctica – obtaining mass balance estimates remains difficult due to various logistical problems. In the framework of the TASTE-IDEA (Trans-Antarctic Scienti...