Accumulation variability over a small area in east Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, as determined from shallow firn cores and snow pits:some implications for ice-core records

• Main Authors: Karlof, Lars, Isaksson, Elisabeth, Winther, Jan-Gunnar, Gundestrup, Niels, Meijer, Harro A. J., Mulvaney, Robert, Pourchet, Michel, Hofstede, Coen, Lappegard, Gaute, Pettersson, Rickard, Van den Broeke, Michiel, Van De Wal, Roderik S. W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: POLAR ICE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; KATABATIC WINDS; BOUNDARY-LAYER; DRILL SITES; SOUTH-POLE; CHEMISTRY; AEROSOL; AMUNDSENISEN; DEPTHS; Amundsenisen; Dronning Maud Land; South Pole; Antarc*; Antarctica; EPICA; ice core; Journal of Glaciology; South pole
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11370/e731b3c3-b04a-45ef-bd9a-497759978d53; https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/e731b3c3-b04a-45ef-bd9a-497759978d53

We investigate and quantify the variability of snow accumulation rate around a medium-depth firn core (1160 m) drilled in east Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica (75 degrees 00'S, 15 degrees 00'E; 3470 m h.a.e. (ellipsoidal height)). We present accumulation data from five snow pits and five sh...