Articles | Volume 13, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-1491-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-1491-2017
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10 Nov 2017
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Regional Antarctic snow accumulation over the past 1000 years

Elizabeth R. Thomas, J. Melchior van Wessem, Jason Roberts, Elisabeth Isaksson, Elisabeth Schlosser, Tyler J. Fudge, Paul Vallelonga, Brooke Medley, Jan Lenaerts, Nancy Bertler, Michiel R. van den Broeke, Daniel A. Dixon, Massimo Frezzotti, Barbara Stenni, Mark Curran, and Alexey A. Ekaykin

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Antarctic regional snow accumulation composites over the past 1000 years E. Thomas https://doi.org/10.5285/c4ecfe25-12f2-453b-ad19-49a19e90ee32

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Regional Antarctic snow accumulation derived from 79 ice core records is evaluated as part of the PAGES Antarctica 2k working group. Our results show that surface mass balance for the total Antarctic ice sheet has increased at a rate of 7 ± 0.13 Gt dec-1 since 1800 AD, representing a net reduction in sea level of ~ 0.02 mm dec-1 since 1800 and ~ 0.04 mm dec-1 since 1900 AD. The largest contribution is from the Antarctic Peninsula.