A synthetic ice core approach to estimate ion relocation in an  ice field site  experiencing periodical melt: a case study on Lomonosovfonna, Svalbard

Vega, Carmen P.; Pohjola, Veijo A.; Beaudon, Emilie; Claremar, Björn; van Pelt, Ward J. J.; Pettersson, Rickard; Isaksson, Elisabeth; Martma, Tõnu; Schwikowski, Margit; Bøggild, Carl E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-961-2016

Articles | Volume 10, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-961-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-961-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 3

Research article

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11 May 2016

Research article |

| 11 May 2016

A synthetic ice core approach to estimate ion relocation in an ice field site experiencing periodical melt: a case study on Lomonosovfonna, Svalbard

Carmen P. Vega, Veijo A. Pohjola, Emilie Beaudon, Björn Claremar, Ward J. J. van Pelt, Rickard Pettersson, Elisabeth Isaksson, Tõnu Martma, Margit Schwikowski, and Carl E. Bøggild

Data sets

Summit snow pit data NSF Arctic Data Center https://arcticdata.io/catalog/#view/urn:uuid:e9136a64-661f-470d-9b3a-72f31d54d066

Temperature data for Longyearbyen Airport Sveagruva and Ny-Ǻlesund http://eklima.met.no/

Short summary

To quantify post-depositional relocation of major ions by meltwater in snow and firn at Lomonosovfonna, Svalbard, consecutive ice cores drilled at this site were used to construct a synthetic core. The relocation length of most of the ions was on the order of 1 m between 2007 and 2010. Considering the ionic relocation lengths and annual melt percentages, we estimate that the atmospheric ionic signal remains preserved in recently drilled Lomonosovfonna ice cores at an annual or bi-annual resolution.