The dependence of antarctic accumulation rates on surface temperature and elevation

Isabelle Muszynski; G. E. Birchfield

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v37i2.11667

The dependence of antarctic accumulation rates on surface temperature and elevation

Tellus

Volume 37 (1985): Issue 2

By: Isabelle Muszynski and G. E. Birchfield

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|Jan 1985

Abstract

A study of antarctic accumulaton, surface temperature and elevation data reveals a strong correlation between the accumulation rate and the surface temperature which, in turn, is almost uniquely determined by the elevation of the ice sheet surface. The latitudinal temperature gradient seems to play a relatively minor rôle. The dependence of the accumulation rate on surface temperature and elevation is, to a very good approximation, linear. Based on our own and Robin's results, we propose two parameterizations of the accumulation rate for use in simple one-dimensional paleoclimatic models.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v37i2.11667 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 204 - 208

Submitted on: Mar 22, 1984

Accepted on: Sep 20, 1984

Published on: Jan 1, 1985

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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© 1985 Isabelle Muszynski, G. E. Birchfield, published by Stockholm University Press
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