Late 20th century increase in South Pole snow accumulation

E Mosley‐Thompson, JF Paskievitch… - Journal of …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
A compilation of the 37‐year history of net accumulation at the South Pole [Mosley‐
Thompson et al., 1995] suggests an increase in net annual accumulation since 1965. This …

Accumulation at South Pole: Comparison of two 900‐year records

CJ van der Veen, E Mosley‐Thompson… - Journal of …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Two 900‐year records of annual accumulation at South Pole are compared to evaluate the
origin and significance of observed variations. Despite difficulties establishing absolute …

Recent intra‐annual snow accumulation at South Pole: Implications for ice core interpretation

JR McConnell, RC Bales… - Journal of Geophysical …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Spatial and temporal variability in snow accumulation can have a significant impact on
interpretation of ice cores, particularly for chemical species that show a strong seasonal …

[HTML][HTML] The role of declining Arctic sea ice in recent decreasing terrestrial Arctic snow depths

H Park, JE Walsh, Y Kim, T Nakai, T Ohata - Polar Science, 2013 - Elsevier
The dramatic decline in Arctic sea ice cover is anticipated to influence atmospheric
temperatures and circulation patterns. These changes will affect the terrestrial climate …

Snow accumulation variability over the West Antarctic Ice Sheet since 1900: A comparison of ice core records with ERA‐20C reanalysis

Y Wang, ER Thomas, S Hou, B Huai… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This study uses a set of 37 firn core records over the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) to test
the performance of the twentieth century from the European Centre for Medium‐Range …

Polar ice cores and climate

CJ Lorius - Climate and Geo-Sciences: A challenge for science …, 1989 - Springer
Although there are needs for a better understanding of the atmosphere-snow and ice
connection and for improving deep ice dating polar ice cores are providing multiple proxy …

The significance of the date of snow disappearance on the Arctic tundra as a possible indicator of climate change

JL Foster - Arctic and Alpine Research, 1989 - Taylor & Francis
Variations in the length of the snow-cover season affect the albedo which in turn impacts the
energy balance; thus, it is important to have a data set concerned with the spatial and the …

Regional Antarctic snow accumulation over the past 1000 years

ER Thomas, JM Van Wessem, J Roberts… - Climate of the …, 2017 - cp.copernicus.org
Here we present Antarctic snow accumulation variability at the regional scale over the past
1000 years. A total of 79 ice core snow accumulation records were gathered and assigned …

Direct measurements of episodic snow accumulation on the Antarctic polar plateau

DA Braaten - Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
During a 1‐year field experiment at a remote location on the Antarctic polar plateau (85.67°
S, 46.38° W) influenced by moderate magnitude katabatic winds, snow accumulation was …

Snow stratigraphic record at South Pole: potential for paleoclimatic reconstruction

E Mosley-Thompson, PD Kruss, LG Thompson… - Annals of …, 1985 - cambridge.org
An extensive investigation of the visible stratigraphy, microparticle concentration, liquid
conductivity, oxygen isotopes and beta-radioactivity was conducted in pits excavated at …