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Articles | Volume 16, issue 3
Articles | Volume 16, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-819-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-819-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 16, issue 3
Research article
 | 
07 May 2020
Research article |  | 07 May 2020

Advection and non-climate impacts on the South Pole Ice Core

Tyler J. Fudge, David A. Lilien, Michelle Koutnik, Howard Conway, C. Max Stevens, Edwin D. Waddington, Eric J. Steig, Andrew J. Schauer, and Nicholas Holschuh

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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-819-2020-supplement

Data sets

SPICEcore Advection T. J. Fudge, D. Lilien, M. Koutnik, H. Conway, E. Steig, A. Schauer, E. Waddington, N. Holschuh, and M. Stevens https://doi.org/10.15784/601266

South Pole area GPS velocities D. Lilien, T. J. Fudge, M. Koutnik, H. Conway, and E. D. Waddington https://doi.org/10.15784/601100

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A 1750 m ice core at the South Pole was recently drilled. The oldest ice is ~55 000 years old. Since ice at the South Pole flows at 10 m per year, the ice in the core originated upstream, where the climate is different. We made measurements of the ice flow, snow accumulation, and temperature upstream. We determined the ice came from ~150 km away near the Titan Dome where the accumulation rate was similar but the temperature was colder. Our measurements improve the interpretation of the ice core.
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