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Features of meteorological events preserved in a high-resolution Law Dome (East Antarctica) snow pit

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posted on 2023-05-16, 13:59 authored by McMorrow, AJ, Curran, MAJ, van Ommen, TD, Morgan, VI, Allison, I
Snow-pit and shallow firn-core records of oxygen isotope ratios (δ18O) and trace ion species were generated at a high-accumulation site on Law Dome, East Antarctica. Concordance between accumulation events identified in records up to 7.7 km apart confirms that the observed glaciochemical variations are the result of regional rather than local surface effects. This allows calibration of the snow-pit records with measured meteorological parameters. Net accumulation periods that comprise the snow-pit record are identified using hourly snow-accumulation measurements from a co-located automatic weather station (AWS). Particular focus is given to three net accumulation periods preserved during austral summer 1999/2000 that correspond to the top 0.5 m of the snow pit. Local meteorological conditions recorded during the summer accumulation periods by the AWS are combined with regional and synoptic-scale meteorology derived from Casey station (110 km away) and Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer satellite imagery to identify potential source regions for chemical signals preserved in summer snow at Law Dome.

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Publication title

Annals of Glaciology

Volume

35

Pagination

463-470

ISSN

0260-3055

Department/School

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies

Publisher

International Glaciological Society

Place of publication

Cambridge

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  • Restricted

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