Simulation of blowing snow over the antarctic ice sheet
Open Access
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- Published by International Glaciological Society in Annals of Glaciology
- Vol. 26, 203-206
- https://doi.org/10.3189/1998aog26-1-203-206
Abstract
A preliminary simulation of blowing snow over the Antarctic continent made with a mesoscale atmospheric model is presented. Sensitivity experiments show that the increase of surface friction arising in conjunction with blowing snow has a relatively more important impact on the dynamics of strong katabatic winds than previously supposed. Sublimation in blowing snow over the Antarctic continent also contributes to the global sea-level budget. It is found that this contribution is of the same order of magnitude as the estimated present sea-level rise.Keywords
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