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Research article
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13 Jul 2017
Research article |
| 13 Jul 2017
Modelling firn thickness evolution during the last deglaciation: constraints on sensitivity to temperature and impurities
Camille Bréant
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, UMR8212,
CEA-CNRS-UPS/IPSL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, IGE, UMR5001, Grenoble, 38000,
France
Patricia Martinerie
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, IGE, UMR5001, Grenoble, 38000,
France
Anaïs Orsi
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, UMR8212,
CEA-CNRS-UPS/IPSL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Laurent Arnaud
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, IGE, UMR5001, Grenoble, 38000,
France
Amaëlle Landais
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, UMR8212,
CEA-CNRS-UPS/IPSL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Short summary
All firn densification models applied to deglaciations show a large disagreement with δ15N measurements at sites in East Antarctica, predicting larger firn thickness during the Last Glacial Maximum, whereas δ15N suggests a reduced firn thickness compared to the Holocene. Here we present modifications, which significantly reduce the model–data mismatch for the gas trapping depth evolution over the last deglaciation at the coldest sites in East Antarctica, to the LGGE firn densification model.
All firn densification models applied to deglaciations show a large disagreement with δ15N...
