Climatic signals from 76 shallow firn cores in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica

Altnau, S.; Schlosser, E.; Isaksson, E.; Divine, D.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-925-2015

Articles | Volume 9, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-925-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-925-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 3

Research article

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07 May 2015

Research article |

| 07 May 2015

Climatic signals from 76 shallow firn cores in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica

S. Altnau, E. Schlosser, E. Isaksson, and D. Divine

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RC C2777: 'Referee comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Dec 2014
- RC C2801: 'Interactive comment on Altnau et al. "Climatic signals from 76 shallow firn cores ..."', Anonymous Referee #4, 06 Jan 2015
  - AC C3165: 'Final response on “Climatic signals from 76 shallow firn cores in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica” by S. Altnau et. al To Anonymous Referee #4', Sebastian Altnau, 24 Feb 2015
- AC C3164: 'Final response on “Climatic signals from 76 shallow firn cores in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica” by S. Altnau et. al To Anonymous Referee #1', Sebastian Altnau, 24 Feb 2015
RC C2790: 'Review of “Climatic signals from 76 shallow firn cores in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica” by S. Altnau, E. Schlosser, E. Isaksson, and D. Divine', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Dec 2014
- AC C3166: 'Final response on “Climatic signals from 76 shallow firn cores in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica” by S. Altnau et. al To Anonymous Referee #2', Sebastian Altnau, 24 Feb 2015
RC C2797: 'Referee's Comment: Climatic signals from 76 shallow firn cores in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. Altnau et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 01 Jan 2015
- AC C3167: 'Final response on “Climatic signals from 76 shallow firn cores in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica” by S. Altnau et. al To Anonymous Referee #3', Sebastian Altnau, 24 Feb 2015

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AR by Sebastian Altnau on behalf of the Authors (11 Mar 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (01 Apr 2015) by Martin Schneebeli

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (10 Apr 2015)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (15 Apr 2015) by Martin Schneebeli

Short summary

The first comprehensive study of a set of 76 firn cores in Dronning Maud Land was carried out. The δ18O of both the plateau and the ice shelf cores exhibit a slight positive trend over the second half of the 20th century. The SMB has a negative trend in the ice shelf cores, but increases on the plateau. Comparison with meteorological data revealed that for the ice shelf regions, atmospheric dynamic effects are more important, while on the plateau, thermodynamic effects predominate.