Authors: McMorrow, Alison J.; Curran, Mark A.J.; Van Ommen, Tas D.; Morgan, Vin I.; Allison, Ian

Source: Annals of Glaciology, Volume 35, Number 1, 1 January 2002 , pp. 463-470(8)

Publisher: International Glaciological Society

Abstract:

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 7.7km 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 (110km away) and Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer satellite imagery to identify potential source regions for chemical signals preserved in summer snow at Law Dome.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3189/172756402781816780

Publication date: 2002-01-01

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