Twentieth century increase in snowfall in coastal West Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 9387-9393

  Thomas, E R ^a   Hosking, J S ^a   Tuckwell, R R ^a   Warren, R A ^a   Ludlow, E C ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amundsen Sea Low; ice cores; snowfall; West Antarctica

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ICE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS;

AMUNDSEN SEA; AMUNDSEN SEA SECTORS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ICE CORE; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; WEST ANTARCTICA;

SNOW;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COASTAL ZONE; DRILLING; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

AMUNDSEN SEA; ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA; ELLSWORTH LAND; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84955184299     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL065750     Document Type: Article

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