Surface mass balance (SMB) provides mass input to the surface of the Antarctic and
Greenland Ice Sheets and therefore comprises an important control on ice sheet mass …

Locally grounded features in ice shelves, called ice rises and rumples, play a key role
buttressing discharge from the Antarctic Ice Sheet and regulating its contribution to sea level …

Surface melt and subsequent firn air depletion can ultimately lead to disintegration of
Antarctic ice shelves, causing grounded glaciers to accelerate and sea level to rise. In the …

We present climate and surface mass balance (SMB) of the Antarctic ice sheet (AIS) as
simulated by the global, coupled ocean–atmosphere–land Community Earth System Model …

Owing to drifting snow processes, snow accumulation and surface density in polar
environments are variable in space and time. We present new field data of manual …

West Antarctic climate and surface mass balance (SMB) records are sparse. To fill this gap,
regional atmospheric climate modelling is useful, providing that such models are employed …

Ice shelves buttress the continental ice flux and mediate ice–ocean interactions. They are
often traversed by channels in which basal melting is enhanced, impacting ice-shelf stability …

Ice rises and rumples, locally grounded features adjacent to ice shelves, are relatively small
yet play significant roles in Antarctic ice dynamics. Their roles generally depend upon their …

Establishing an accurate chronology is crucial for interpretation of ice core-based climatic
records. While high snow accumulation rates characterise coastal Antarctica, thus enabling …

Ice cores provide temporal records of surface mass balance (SMB). Coastal areas of
Antarctica have relatively high and variable SMB, but are under-represented in records …