Snow precipitation at four ice core sites in East Antarctica: Provenance, seasonality and blocking factors

• Published in: Climate Dynamics
• Main Authors: Scarchilli C., Frezzotti M., Ruti P. M.
• Other Authors: Scarchilli, C., Frezzotti, M., Ruti, P. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Blocking high; Precipitation; Southern hemisphere dynamic; Surface mass balance; Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Ross Sea; Victoria Land; Pacific; Indian; Wilkes Land; Law Dome; Talos Dome; Taylor Dome; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11590/353578; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-010-0946-4

Snow precipitation is the primary mass input to the Antarctic ice sheet and is one of the most direct climatic indicators, with important implications for paleoclimatic reconstruction from ice cores. Provenance of precipitation and the dynamic conditions that force these precipitation events at four...