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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3663-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3663-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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05 Nov 2020
Research article |
| 05 Nov 2020
| 05 Nov 2020
Representative surface snow density on the East Antarctic Plateau
Alexander H. Weinhart
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und
Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Johannes Freitag
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und
Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Maria Hörhold
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und
Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Sepp Kipfstuhl
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und
Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth, Niels Bohr Institute, University
of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Olaf Eisen
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und
Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Universität Bremen, Bremen,
Germany
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- A Snapshot on the Buildup of the Stable Water Isotopic Signal in the Upper Snowpack at EastGRIP on the Greenland Ice Sheet A. Zuhr et al. 10.1029/2022JF006767
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- Assessment of continuous flow analysis (CFA) for high-precision profiles of water isotopes in snow cores R. Dallmayr et al. 10.5194/tc-19-1067-2025
- Spatial Distribution of Crusts in Antarctic and Greenland Snowpacks and Implications for Snow and Firn Studies A. Weinhart et al. 10.3389/feart.2021.630070
- The role of Antarctic overwintering teams and their significance for German polar research S. Franke et al. 10.5194/polf-90-65-2022
- Surface Mass Balance Controlled by Local Surface Slope in Inland Antarctica: Implications for Ice‐Sheet Mass Balance and Oldest Ice Delineation in Dome Fuji B. Van Liefferinge et al. 10.1029/2021GL094966
Latest update: 19 Jul 2025
Short summary
From 1 m snow profiles along a traverse on the East Antarctic Plateau, we calculated a representative surface snow density of 355 kg m−3 for this region with an error less than 1.5 %.
This density is 10 % higher and density fluctuations seem to happen on smaller scales than climate model outputs suggest. Our study can help improve the parameterization of surface snow density in climate models to reduce the error in future sea level predictions.
From 1 m snow profiles along a traverse on the East Antarctic Plateau, we calculated a...
