期刊
CLIMATE DYNAMICS
卷 34, 期 7-8, 页码 1195-1206出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0601-0
关键词
Surface mass balance; Blowing snow; Climate impact; Snow transport; Katabatic wind; East Antarctica
资金
- PNRA Consortium
- EU
In the convergence slope/coastal areas of Antarctica, a large fraction of snow is continuously eroded and exported by wind to the atmosphere and into the ocean. Snow transport observations from instruments and satellite images were acquired at the wind convergence zone of Terra Nova Bay (East Antarctica) throughout 2006 and 2007. Snow transport features are well-distinguished in satellite images and can extend vertically up to 200 m as first-order quantitatively estimated by driftometer sensor FlowCapt (TM). Maximum snow transportation occurs in the fall and winter seasons. Snow transportation (drift/blowing) was recorded for similar to 80% of the time, and 20% of time recorded, the flux is > 10(-2) kg m(-2) s(-1) with particle density increasing with height. Cumulative snow transportation is similar to 4 orders of magnitude higher than snow precipitation at the site. An increase in wind speed and transportation (similar to 30%) was observed in 2007, which is in agreement with a reduction in observed snow accumulation. Extensive presence of ablation surface (blue ice and wind crust) upwind and downwind of the measurement site suggest that the combine processes of blowing snow sublimation and snow transport remove up to 50% of the precipitation in the coastal and slope convergence area. These phenomena represent a major negative effect on the snow accumulation, and they are not sufficiently taken into account in studies of surface mass balance. The observed wind-driven ablation explains the inconsistency between atmospheric model precipitation and measured snow accumulation value.
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