Ground-based measurements of spatial and temporal variability of snow accumulation in East Antarctica

• Published in: Reviews of Geophysics
• Main Authors: Eisen, Olaf, Frezzotti, Massimo, Genthon, Christophe, Isaksson, Elisabeth, Magand, Olivier, R. van den Broeke, Michiel, Dixon, Daniel A., Ekaykin, Alexey, Holmlund, Per, Kameda, Takao, Karlöf, Lars, Kaspari, Susan, Lipenkov, Vladimir Y., Oerter, Hans, Takahashi, Shuhei, Vaughan, David G.
• Other Authors: Abteilung Klinische Sozialmedizin, Berufs- und Umweltdermatologie, Universität Heidelberg Heidelberg = Heidelberg University, Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETH Zürich), Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente (ENEA), Centro Ricerche Casaccia, Laboratoire de glaciologie et géophysique de l'environnement (LGGE), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB Université de Savoie Université de Chambéry )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Norwegian Polar Institute, Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht (IMAU), Universiteit Utrecht / Utrecht University Utrecht, Climate Change Institute Orono (CCI), University of Maine, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI), Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet), Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University, Kitami Institute of Technology (KIT), Kitami Institute of Technology, SWIX Sport AS, Lillehammer Norway Directory, British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2008
• Subjects: surface mass balance; East Antarctica; measurements; ground-truthing; [SDU.STU.GL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Glaciology; Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Sastrugi; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://insu.hal.science/insu-00378349; https://insu.hal.science/insu-00378349/document; https://insu.hal.science/insu-00378349/file/2006RG000218.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2006RG000218

International audience The East Antarctic Ice Sheet is the largest, highest, coldest, driest, and windiest ice sheet on Earth. Understanding of the surface mass balance (SMB) of Antarctica is necessary to determine the present state of the ice sheet, to make predictions of its potential contribution...