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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1987-2018
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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12 Jun 2018
Research article |
| 12 Jun 2018
| 12 Jun 2018
How does the ice sheet surface mass balance relate to snowfall? Insights from a ground-based precipitation radar in East Antarctica
Niels Souverijns
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Alexandra Gossart
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Irina V. Gorodetskaya
CESAM – Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Department of Physics, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Stef Lhermitte
Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
Alexander Mangold
Observations Department, Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, Uccle, Belgium
Quentin Laffineur
Observations Department, Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, Uccle, Belgium
Andy Delcloo
Observations Department, Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, Uccle, Belgium
Nicole P. M. van Lipzig
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Short summary
This work is the first to gain insight into the local surface mass balance over Antarctica using accurate long-term snowfall observations. A non-linear relationship between accumulation and snowfall is discovered, indicating that total surface mass balance measurements are not a good proxy for snowfall over Antarctica. Furthermore, the meteorological drivers causing changes in the local SMB are identified.
This work is the first to gain insight into the local surface mass balance over Antarctica using...
