How much snow falls on the Antarctic ice sheet?
Climate models predict Antarctic precipitation to increase during the 21st century, but their present day Antarctic precipitation differs. A model-independent climatology of the Antarctic precipitation characteristics, such as snowfall rates and frequency, is needed to assess the models, but it is n...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2014-08-01
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Series: | The Cryosphere |
Online Access: | http://www.the-cryosphere.net/8/1577/2014/tc-8-1577-2014.pdf |