Articles | Volume 9, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-925-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-925-2015
Research article
 | 
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

Viewed

Total article views: 4,251 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total BibTeX EndNote
2,245 1,782 224 4,251 198 185
  • HTML: 2,245
  • PDF: 1,782
  • XML: 224
  • Total: 4,251
  • BibTeX: 198
  • EndNote: 185
Views and downloads (calculated since 02 Dec 2014)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 02 Dec 2014)

Cited

Saved (preprint)

Latest update: 18 Nov 2024
Download
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.