Snowfall in high southern latitudes

DH Bromwich - Reviews of Geophysics, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
Precipitation over Antarctica is an important climatic variable whose study has been limited
by the frequent inability to discriminate between actual snow precipitation and drifting snow …

[HTML][HTML] Reassessment of net surface mass balance in Antarctica

DG Vaughan, JL Bamber, M Giovinetto… - Journal of …, 1999 - journals.ametsoc.org
Recent in situ measurements of surface mass balance and improved calculation techniques
are used to produce an updated assessment of net surface mass balance over Antarctica. A …

Variability of precipitation over the coastal western Antarctic Peninsula from synoptic observations

J Turner, SR Colwell… - Journal of Geophysical …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Observations of precipitation events at Faraday and Rothera Stations are analyzed to
investigate the spatial and temporal variability of precipitation along the western coastal …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial and temporal variability of Antarctic precipitation from atmospheric methods

RI Cullather, DH Bromwich… - Journal of Climate, 1998 - journals.ametsoc.org
The spatial and temporal variability of net precipitation (precipitation minus evaporation/
sublimation) for Antarctica derived from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather …

Spatial distribution of net surface accumulation on the Antarctic ice sheet

MB Glovinetto, HJ Zwally - Annals of Glaciology, 2000 - cambridge.org
An isopleth map showing the spatial distribution of net mass accumulation at the surface on
the Antarctic ice sheet, excluding Graham Land, the Larsen Ice Shelf and eastern Palmer …

Simulations of desert dust and sea‐salt aerosols in Antarctica with a general circulation model of the atmosphere

C Genthon - Tellus B, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A coupled aerosol/climate model, elaborated on the basis of a general
circulation model of the atmosphere, is used to study the features of desert dust and sea‐salt …

Distribution of stable isotopes in surface snow along the route of the 1990 International Trans-Antarctica Expedition

Q Dahe, JR Petit, J Jouzel, M Stievenard - Journal of Glaciology, 1994 - cambridge.org
This paper presents the distribution of average δD andδ18O values for the top 1 m of surface
snow for a large area of Antarctica. The samples were collected on the 1990 International …

A possible change in mass balance of Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets in the coming century

A Ohmura, M Wild, L Bengtsson - Journal of Climate, 1996 - journals.ametsoc.org
A high-resolution GCM is found to simulate precipitation and surface energy balance of high
latitudes with high accuracy. This opens new possibilities to investigate the future mass …

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 …

Late quaternary ice-surface fluctuations of Hatherton Glacier, Transantarctic Mountains

JG Bockheim, SC Wilson, GH Denton… - Quaternary …, 1989 - cambridge.org
Former longitudinal profiles of Hatherton Glacier, an outlet through the Transantarctic
Mountains, constrain nearby polar plateau elevations and ice-shelf grounding in the …