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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2501-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2501-2016
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25 Oct 2016
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Ice core evidence for a 20th century increase in surface mass balance in coastal Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica

Morgane Philippe, Jean-Louis Tison, Karen Fjøsne, Bryn Hubbard, Helle A. Kjær, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Reinhard Drews, Simon G. Sheldon, Kevin De Bondt, Philippe Claeys, and Frank Pattyn

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Calculated accumulation rate from 1745 to 2011 on Derwael Ice Rise (IC12), Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica Morgane Philippe, Jean-Louis Tison, Karen Fjøsne, Bryn Hubbard, Helle A. Kjær, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Reinhard Drews, Simon G. Sheldon, Kevin De Bondt, Philippe Claeys, and Frank Pattyn https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.857574

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The reconstruction of past snow accumulation rates is crucial in the context of recent climate change and sea level rise. We measured ~ 250 years of snow accumulation using a 120 m ice core drilled in coastal East Antarctica, where such long records are very scarce. This study is the first to show an increase in snow accumulation, beginning in the 20th and particularly marked in the last 50 years, thereby confirming model predictions of increased snowfall associated with climate change.