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A new, high-resolution surface mass balance map of Antarctica (1979-2010) based on regional atmospheric climate modeling

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2012-02-21

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Lenaerts, J.T.M.ISNI 0000000419442044
van den Broeke, M.R.ORCID 0000-0003-4662-7565ISNI 0000000389564445
van de Berg, W.J.ORCID 0000-0002-8232-2040ISNI 0000000419423214
van Meijgaard, E.
Kuipers Munneke, P.ISNI 0000000392156952

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https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL050713

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A new, high resolution (27 km) surface mass balance (SMB) map of the Antarctic ice sheet is presented, based on output of a regional atmospheric climate model that includes snowdrift physics and is forced by the most recent reanalysis data from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), ERA-Interim (1979-2010). The SMB map confirms high accumulation zones in the western Antarctic Peninsula (>1500 mm y(-1)) and coastal West Antarctica (>1000 mm y(-1)), and shows low SMB values in large parts of the interior ice sheet (

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Snow accumulation, Part 1, SDG 13 - Climate Action

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Lenaerts, J T M, van den Broeke, M R, van de Berg, W J, van Meijgaard, E & Kuipers Munneke, P 2012, 'A new, high-resolution surface mass balance map of Antarctica (1979-2010) based on regional atmospheric climate modeling', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 39, pp. L04501/1-L04501/5. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL050713

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http://hdl.handle.net/1874/242374