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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-229-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-229-2020
Research article
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27 Jan 2020
Research article |  | 27 Jan 2020

Interannual variability of summer surface mass balance and surface melting in the Amundsen sector, West Antarctica

Marion Donat-Magnin, Nicolas C. Jourdain, Hubert Gallée, Charles Amory, Christoph Kittel, Xavier Fettweis, Jonathan D. Wille, Vincent Favier, Amine Drira, and Cécile Agosta

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Modeling the interannual variability of the surface conditions over Antarctic glaciers is important for the identification of climate trends and climate predictions and to assess models. We simulate snow accumulation and surface melting in the Amundsen sector (West Antarctica) over 1979–2017. For all the glaciers, the interannual variability of summer snow accumulation and surface melting is driven by two distinct mechanisms related to variations in the Amundsen Sea Low strength and position.