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Articles | Volume 15, issue 10
Articles | Volume 15, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4949-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4949-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 10
Research article
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25 Oct 2021
Research article |  | 25 Oct 2021

The role of sublimation as a driver of climate signals in the water isotope content of surface snow: laboratory and field experimental results

Abigail G. Hughes, Sonja Wahl, Tyler R. Jones, Alexandra Zuhr, Maria Hörhold, James W. C. White, and Hans Christian Steen-Larsen

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Water isotope records in Greenland and Antarctic ice cores are a valuable proxy for paleoclimate reconstruction and are traditionally thought to primarily reflect precipitation input. However, post-depositional processes are hypothesized to contribute to the isotope climate signal. In this study we use laboratory experiments, field experiments, and modeling to show that sublimation and vapor–snow isotope exchange can rapidly influence the isotopic composition of the snowpack.
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