Project - Reducing the Uncertainties in the Mass Balance of Antarctica (RUMBA)
Summary
People involved
Name | Organization | Role |
Michiel van den Broeke | Utrecht University, Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU) | PI |
Datasets
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B. Medley, I. Joughin, et al., 2014. Constraining the recent mass balance of Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers, West Antarctica with airborne observations of snow accumulation. The Cryosphere Discussions 8 (1), 953-998
B. Wouters, J. L. Bamber, et al., 2013. Limits in detecting acceleration of ice sheet mass loss due to climate variability. Nature Geoscience 6 (8), 613-616
B. Medley, I. Joughin, et al., 2013. Airborne-radar and ice-core observations of annual snow accumulation over Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica confirm the spatiotemporal variability of global and regional atmospheric models. Geophysical Research Letters 40 (14), 3649-3654
Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Erik van Meijgaard, et al., 2013. Recent snowfall anomalies in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, in a historical and future climate perspective. Geophysical Research Letters 40 (11), 2684-2688
Indrani Das, Robin E. Bell, et al., 2013. Influence of persistent wind scour on the surface mass balance of Antarctica. Nature Geoscience 6 (5), 367-371
Javier Sanz Rodrigo, Jean-Marie Buchlin, et al., 2013. Evaluation of the antarctic surface wind climate from ERA reanalyses and RACMO2/ANT simulations based on automatic weather stations. Climate Dynamics 40 (1-2), 353-376
J. T. M. Lenaerts & M. R. van den Broeke, 2012. Modeling drifting snow in Antarctica with a regional climate model: 2. Results. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 117 (D5), n/a-n/a
J. T. M. Lenaerts, M. R. van den Broeke, et al., 2012. Modeling drifting snow in Antarctica with a regional climate model: 1. Methods and model evaluation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 117 (D5), n/a-n/a
J. T. M. Lenaerts, M. R. van den Broeke, et al., 2012. A new, high-resolution surface mass balance map of Antarctica (1979-2010) based on regional atmospheric climate modeling. Geophysical Research Letters 39 (4), n/a-n/a
T.A. Scambos, M. Frezzotti, et al., 2012. Extent of low-accumulation 'wind glaze' areas on the East Antarctic plateau: implications for continental ice mass balance. Journal of Glaciology 58 (210), 633-647
Jan T.M. Lenaerts, Michiel R. Van Den Broeke, et al., 2012. Impact of model resolution on simulated wind, drifting snow and surface mass balance in Terre Adélie, East Antarctica. Journal of Glaciology 58 (211), 821-829
P. Kuipers Munneke, M. R. van den Broeke, et al., 2011. A new albedo parameterization for use in climate models over the Antarctic ice sheet. Journal of Geophysical Research 116 (D5)
J. T. M. Lenaerts, M. R. van den Broeke, et al., 2010. Modelling snowdrift sublimation on an Antarctic ice shelf. The Cryosphere 4 (2), 179-190
Funding program
Netherlands Polar Program (NPP)
NWO project id
851.20.039
Acronym
RUMBA
Region
Antarctica
Start date
2008-09-01
End date
2014-04-30