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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4873-2021
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Research article
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19 Oct 2021
Research article |
| 19 Oct 2021
| 19 Oct 2021
Local-scale deposition of surface snow on the Greenland ice sheet
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Research Unit Potsdam, Telegrafenberg A45, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
University of Potsdam, Institute of Geosciences, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24–25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
Thomas Münch
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Research Unit Potsdam, Telegrafenberg A45, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Hans Christian Steen-Larsen
Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
Maria Hörhold
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Research Unit Bremerhaven, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany
Thomas Laepple
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Research Unit Potsdam, Telegrafenberg A45, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
University of Bremen, MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and Faculty of Geosciences, 28334 Bremen, Germany
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- Greenland Ice Sheet surface roughness from Ku- and Ka-band radar altimetry surface echo strengths K. Scanlan et al. 10.5194/tc-19-1221-2025
- Widespread longitudinal snow dunes in Antarctica shaped by sintering M. Poizat et al. 10.1038/s41561-024-01506-1
- Stratigraphic noise and its potential drivers across the plateau of Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica N. Hirsch et al. 10.5194/tc-17-4207-2023
- 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
- Dynamic time warping to quantify age distortion in firn cores impacted by melt processes C. Hagen & J. Harper 10.1017/aog.2023.52
- Review article: Melt-affected ice cores for polar research in a warming world D. Moser et al. 10.5194/tc-18-2691-2024
- Modern temperatures in central–north Greenland warmest in past millennium M. Hörhold et al. 10.1038/s41586-022-05517-z
- Spatiotemporal patterns of accumulation and surface roughness in interior Greenland with a GNSS-IR network D. Pickell et al. 10.5194/tc-19-1013-2025
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Short summary
Firn and ice cores are used to infer past temperatures. However, the imprint of the climatic signal in stable water isotopes is influenced by depositional modifications. We present and use a photogrammetry structure-from-motion approach and find variability in the amount, the timing, and the location of snowfall. Depositional modifications of the surface are observed, leading to mixing of snow from different snowfall events and spatial locations and thus creating noise in the proxy record.
Firn and ice cores are used to infer past temperatures. However, the imprint of the climatic...
