期刊
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
卷 40, 期 14, 页码 3649-3654出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50706
关键词
West Antarctica; snow accumulation; airborne radar; firn
资金
- NSF OPP [ANT-0631973, ANT-0424589, ANT-0632031]
- NASA [NN12XAI29G, NNX10AT68G]
We use an airborne-radar method, verified with ice-core accumulation records, to determine the spatiotemporal variations of snow accumulation over Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica between 1980 and 2009. We also present a regional evaluation of modeled accumulation in Antarctica. Comparisons between radar-derived measurements and model outputs show that three global models capture the interannual variability well (r>0.9), but a high-resolution regional model (RACMO2) has better absolute accuracy and captures the observed spatial variability (r=0.86). Neither the measured nor modeled accumulation records over Thwaites Glacier show any trend since 1980. Although an increase in accumulation may potentially accompany the observed warming in the region, the projected trend is too small to detect over the 30 year record.
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