Space-time Antarctic surface mass-balance variability from climate models

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2004, Pages 271-275

  Genthon, Christophe ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIATION; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE SHEET; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

EID: 23844481417     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781814294     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Bintanja, R. 1998. The contribution of snowdrift sublimation to the surface mass balance of Antarctica. Ann. Glaciol., 27, 251-259.
2. Bromwich, D. H. 1988. Snowfall in high southern latitudes. Rev. Geophys., 26(1), 149-168.
3. Cullather, R. I., D. H. Bromwich and M. L. Van Woert. 1998. Spatial and temporal variability of Antarctic precipitation from atmospheric methods. J. Climate, 11(3), 334-367.
4. Gallée, H. 1998. Simulation of blowing snow over the Antarctic ice sheet. Ann. Glaciol., 26, 203-206.
5. Genthon, C. and G. Krinner. 1998. Convergence and disposal of energy and moisture on the Antarctic polar cap from ECMWF analyses and forecasts. J. Climate, 11(7), 1703-1716.
6. Genthon, C. and G. Krinner. 2001. The Antarctic surface mass balance and systematic biases in GCMs. J. Geophys. Res., 106(D18), 20,653-20,664.
7. Genthon, C., G. Krinner and M. Déqué. 1998. Intra-annual variability of Antarctic precipitation from weather forecasts and high-resolution climate models. Ann. Glaciol., 27, 488-494.
8. Genthon, C., G. Krinner and E. Cosme. 2002. Free and laterally-nudged Antarctic climate of an atmospheric general circulation model. Mon. Weather Rev., 130(6), 1601-1616.
9. Genthon, C., G. Krinner and M. Sacchettini. 2003. Interannual Antarctic tropospheric circulation and precipitation variability. Climate Dyn., 21(3-4), 289-307.
10. Gibson, R., P. Kållberg, S. Uppala, A. Hernandez, A. Nomura and E. Serrano. 1997. ERA description. Reading, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. (ECMWF Re-Analysis Project Report Series 1.)
11. Giovinetto, M. B. and H. J. Zwally. 2000. Spatial distribution of net surface accumulation on the Antarctic ice sheet. Ann. Glaciol., 31, 171-178.
12. Goodwin, I. D. 1991. Snow-accumulation variability from seasonal surface observations and firn-core stratigraphy, eastern Wilkes Land, Antarctica. J. Glaciol., 37(127), 383-387.
13. ISMASS Committee. 2004. Recommendations for the collection and synthesis of Antarctic ice sheet mass balance data. Global Planet. Change, 42(1-4), 1-15.
14. Mosley-Thompson, E., J. F. Paskievitch, A. J. Gow and L. G. Thompson. 1999. Late 20th century increase in South Pole snow accumulation. J. Geophys. Res., 104(D4), 3877-3886.
15. Rémy, F., L. Testut and B. Legrésy. 2002. Random fluctations of snow accumulation over Antarctica and their relation to sea level change. Climate Dyn., 19(3-4), 267-276.
16. Rubel, F. 1996. Scale dependent statistical precipitation analysis. In International Conference on Water Resources and Environmental Research, October 29-31, 1996, Kyoto, Japan. Proceedings. Vol. 1. Kyoto, University of Kyoto, 317-324.
17. Vaughan, D. G., J. L. Bamber, M. B. Giovinetto, J. Russell and A. P. R. Cooper. 1999. Reassessment of net surface mass balance in Antarctica. J. Climate, 12(4), 933-946.
18. Wingham, D. J. 2000. Small fluctuations in the density and thickness of a dry firn column. J. Glaciol., 46(154), 399-411.