Articles | Volume 20, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-3893-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-3893-2026
Research article
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15 Jul 2026
Research article |  | 15 Jul 2026

Climate controls on snowfall at coastal West Antarctic ice rises – potential ice core sites

Julia R. Andreasen and Peter D. Neff

Data sets

ERA5 hourly data on single levels from 1940 to present Copernicus Climate Change Service, Climate Data Store https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.adbb2d47

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Short summary

Coastal ice domes in West Antarctica preserve snowfall records that reflect past climate conditions. Using weather reanalysis from 1979 to 2022, this study identifies which domes best capture different climate drivers affecting the region. Western sites respond mainly to hemisphere-wide wind shifts, while eastern sites reflect regional storm patterns. These results guide where future ice cores should be drilled to reconstruct past atmospheric and oceanic changes in this vulnerable region.

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