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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2411-2017
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Research article
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01 Nov 2017
Research article |
| 01 Nov 2017
Observationally constrained surface mass balance of Larsen C ice shelf, Antarctica
Peter Kuipers Munneke
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Daniel McGrath
Geosciences Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK, USA
Brooke Medley
Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Adrian Luckman
Geography Department, College of Science, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
Suzanne Bevan
Geography Department, College of Science, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
Bernd Kulessa
Geography Department, College of Science, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
Daniela Jansen
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
Adam Booth
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Paul Smeets
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Bryn Hubbard
Centre for Glaciology, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
David Ashmore
Centre for Glaciology, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
Michiel Van den Broeke
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Heidi Sevestre
Department of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
Konrad Steffen
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Andrew Shepherd
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Noel Gourmelen
School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Glacial meltwater input to the ocean around the Antarctic Peninsula: forcings and consequences L. LIMA et al. 10.1590/0001-3765202220210811
- Seawater softening of suture zones inhibits fracture propagation in Antarctic ice shelves B. Kulessa et al. 10.1038/s41467-019-13539-x
- Surface and basal boundary conditions at the Southern McMurdo and Ross Ice Shelves, Antarctica C. GRIMA et al. 10.1017/jog.2019.44
- Trends and space–time patterns of near‐surface temperatures on Maxwell Bay, King George Island, Antarctica C. Bello et al. 10.1002/joc.7661
- The Scientific Legacy of NASA’s Operation IceBridge J. MacGregor et al. 10.1029/2020RG000712
- A benchmark dataset of in situ Antarctic surface melt rates and energy balance C. Jakobs et al. 10.1017/jog.2020.6
- Significant Spatial Variability in Radar‐Derived West Antarctic Accumulation Linked to Surface Winds and Topography M. Dattler et al. 10.1029/2019GL085363
- Variable Basal Melt Rates of Antarctic Peninsula Ice Shelves, 1994–2016 S. Adusumilli et al. 10.1002/2017GL076652
- Firn on ice sheets C. Amory et al. 10.1038/s43017-023-00507-9
- Large‐Scale Atmospheric Drivers of Snowfall Over Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica M. Maclennan & J. Lenaerts 10.1029/2021GL093644
- An exploratory modelling study of perennial firn aquifers in the Antarctic Peninsula for the period 1979–2016 J. van Wessem et al. 10.5194/tc-15-695-2021
- Glaciological history and structural evolution of the Shackleton Ice Shelf system, East Antarctica, over the past 60 years S. Thompson et al. 10.5194/tc-17-157-2023
- Centuries of intense surface melt on Larsen C Ice Shelf S. Bevan et al. 10.5194/tc-11-2743-2017
- The historical Greenland Climate Network (GC-Net) curated and augmented level-1 dataset B. Vandecrux et al. 10.5194/essd-15-5467-2023
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Short summary
How much snow falls on the Larsen C ice shelf? This is a relevant question, because this ice shelf might collapse sometime this century. To know if and when this could happen, we found out how much snow falls on its surface. This was difficult, because there are only very few measurements. Here, we used data from automatic weather stations, sled-pulled radars, and a climate model to find that melting the annual snowfall produces about 20 cm of water in the NE and over 70 cm in the SW.
How much snow falls on the Larsen C ice shelf? This is a relevant question, because this ice...
