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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-695-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-695-2021
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
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Research article
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15 Feb 2021
Research article |
| 15 Feb 2021
| 15 Feb 2021
An exploratory modelling study of perennial firn aquifers in the Antarctic Peninsula for the period 1979–2016
J. Melchior van Wessem
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Christian R. Steger
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Nander Wever
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of
Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Michiel R. van den Broeke
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Introducing CRYOWRF v1.0: multiscale atmospheric flow simulations with advanced snow cover modelling V. Sharma et al. 10.5194/gmd-16-719-2023
- Contrasting current and future surface melt rates on the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica: Lessons from in situ observations and climate models M. van den Broeke et al. 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000203
- Expansion of Firn Aquifers in Southeast Greenland A. Horlings et al. 10.1029/2022JF006753
- Seasonal land-ice-flow variability in the Antarctic Peninsula K. Boxall et al. 10.5194/tc-16-3907-2022
- Decadal Changes in Greenland Ice Sheet Firn Aquifers from Radar Scatterometer X. Shang et al. 10.3390/rs14092134
- Climatology and surface impacts of atmospheric rivers on West Antarctica M. Maclennan et al. 10.5194/tc-17-865-2023
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Short summary
This study presents the first modelled estimates of perennial firn aquifers (PFAs) in Antarctica. PFAs are subsurface meltwater bodies that do not refreeze in winter due to the isolating effects of the snow they are buried underneath. They were first identified in Greenland, but conditions for their existence are also present in the Antarctic Peninsula. These PFAs can have important effects on meltwater retention, ice shelf stability, and, consequently, sea level rise.
This study presents the first modelled estimates of perennial firn aquifers (PFAs) in...
