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Insignificant change in antarctic snowfall since the international geophysical year. / Monaghan, Andrew J.; Bromwich, David H.; Fogt, Ryan L.; Wang, Sheng Hung; Mayewski, Paul A.; Dixon, Daniel A.; Ekaykin, Alexey; Frezzotti, Massimo; Goodwin, Ian; Isaksson, Elisabeth; Kaspari, Susan D.; Morgan, Vin I.; Oerter, Hans; Van Ommen, Tas D.; Van Der Veen, Cornelius J.; Wen, Jiahong.
In: Science, Vol. 313, No. 5788, 11.08.2006, p. 827-831.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Insignificant change in antarctic snowfall since the international geophysical year
AU - Monaghan, Andrew J.
AU - Bromwich, David H.
AU - Fogt, Ryan L.
AU - Wang, Sheng Hung
AU - Mayewski, Paul A.
AU - Dixon, Daniel A.
AU - Ekaykin, Alexey
AU - Frezzotti, Massimo
AU - Goodwin, Ian
AU - Isaksson, Elisabeth
AU - Kaspari, Susan D.
AU - Morgan, Vin I.
AU - Oerter, Hans
AU - Van Ommen, Tas D.
AU - Van Der Veen, Cornelius J.
AU - Wen, Jiahong
PY - 2006/8/11
Y1 - 2006/8/11
N2 - Antarctic snowfall exhibits substantial variability over a range of time scales, with consequent impacts on global sea level and the mass balance of the ice sheets. To assess how snowfall has affected the thickness of the ice sheets in Antarctica and to provide an extended perspective, we derived a 50-year time series of snowfall accumulation over the continent by combining model simulations and observations primarily from ice cores. There has been no statistically significant change in snowfall since the 1950s, indicating that Antarctic precipitation is not mitigating global sea level rise as expected, despite recent winter warming of the overlying atmosphere.
AB - Antarctic snowfall exhibits substantial variability over a range of time scales, with consequent impacts on global sea level and the mass balance of the ice sheets. To assess how snowfall has affected the thickness of the ice sheets in Antarctica and to provide an extended perspective, we derived a 50-year time series of snowfall accumulation over the continent by combining model simulations and observations primarily from ice cores. There has been no statistically significant change in snowfall since the 1950s, indicating that Antarctic precipitation is not mitigating global sea level rise as expected, despite recent winter warming of the overlying atmosphere.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33747135352&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1126/science.1128243
DO - 10.1126/science.1128243
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33747135352
VL - 313
SP - 827
EP - 831
JO - Science
JF - Science
SN - 0036-8075
IS - 5788
ER -
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