Articles | Volume 14, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3367-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3367-2020
Research article
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09 Oct 2020
Research article |  | 09 Oct 2020

Impact of coastal East Antarctic ice rises on surface mass balance: insights from observations and modeling

Thore Kausch, Stef Lhermitte, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Nander Wever, Mana Inoue, Frank Pattyn, Sainan Sun, Sarah Wauthy, Jean-Louis Tison, and Willem Jan van de Berg

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Short summary
Ice rises are elevated parts of the otherwise flat ice shelf. Here we study the impact of an Antarctic ice rise on the surrounding snow accumulation by combining field data and modeling. Our results show a clear difference in average yearly snow accumulation between the windward side, the leeward side and the peak of the ice rise due to differences in snowfall and wind erosion. This is relevant for the interpretation of ice core records, which are often drilled on the peak of an ice rise.