A Snow Density Dataset for Improving Surface Boundary Conditions in Greenland Ice Sheet Firn Modeling

A Snow Density Dataset for Improving Surface Boundary Conditions in Greenland Ice Sheet Firn Modeling

The surface snow density of glaciers and ice sheets is of fundamental importance in converting volume to mass in both altimetry and surface mass balance studies, yet it is often poorly constrained. Site-specific surface snow densities are typically derived from empirical relations based on temperatu...

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Main Authors: Robert S. Fausto, Jason E. Box, Baptiste Vandecrux, Dirk van As, Konrad Steffen, Michael J. MacFerrin, Horst Machguth, William Colgan, Lora S. Koenig, Daniel McGrath, Charalampos Charalampidis, Roger J. Braithwaite
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
Subjects:
snow surface density
firn
Greenland
parameterization
surface mass budget
model boundary condition
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2018.00051/full

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