From ice core to ground-penetrating radar: representativeness of SMB at three ice rises along the Princess Ragnhild Coast, East Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Cavitte, Marie G.P., Goosse, Hugues, Wauthy, Sarah, Kausch, Thore, Tison, Jean-Louis, Van Liefferinge, Brice, Pattyn, Frank, Lenaerts, Jan T.M., Claeys, Philippe
• Other Authors: UCL - SST/ELI/ELIC - Earth & Climate
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2022
• Subjects: glaciology; radar; accumulation; surface mass balance; spatial representativity; ice core; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Princess Ragnhild Coast; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/269505; https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.39

The future contributions of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to sea level rise will depend on the evolution of its surface mass balance (SMB), which could amplify/dampen mass losses increasingly observed at the ice sheet's edge. In situ constraints of SMB over annual-to-decadal timescales consist mostly...