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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1187-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1187-2020
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Research article
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08 Apr 2020
Research article |
| 08 Apr 2020
| 08 Apr 2020
How useful is snow accumulation in reconstructing surface air temperature in Antarctica? A study combining ice core records and climate models
Quentin Dalaiden
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Georges Lemaître Centre for Earth and Climate Research (TECLIM), Earth and Life Institute (ELI), Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Hugues Goosse
Georges Lemaître Centre for Earth and Climate Research (TECLIM), Earth and Life Institute (ELI), Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
François Klein
Georges Lemaître Centre for Earth and Climate Research (TECLIM), Earth and Life Institute (ELI), Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Jan T. M. Lenaerts
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder CO, USA
Max Holloway
British Antarctic Survey, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, UK
Louise Sime
British Antarctic Survey, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
Elizabeth R. Thomas
British Antarctic Survey, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
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Short summary
Large uncertainties remain in Antarctic surface temperature reconstructions over the last millennium. Here, the analysis of climate model outputs reveals that snow accumulation is a more relevant proxy for surface temperature reconstructions than δ18O. We use this finding in data assimilation experiments to compare to observed surface temperatures. We show that our continental temperature reconstruction outperforms reconstructions based on δ18O, especially for East Antarctica.
Large uncertainties remain in Antarctic surface temperature reconstructions over the last...
