Sentences with phrase «annual snow accumulation»
Elizabeth Thomas, a palaeoclimatologist, and her colleagues report in Geophysical Research Letters that a study of ice corings revealed that annual snow accumulation increased 30 % between 1900 and 2010.
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Annual balance is the difference between annual snow accumulation and snow - firn - ice melt (ablation).
Annual snow accumulation on West Antarctica's coastal ice sheet increased dramatically during the 20th century, according to a new study published in the American Geophysical Union journal Geophysical Research Letters.
The new study used ice cores to estimate annual snow accumulation from 1712 to 2010 along West Antarctica's coast.
Annual snow accumulation increased in the early 20th century, rising 30 percent between 1900 and 2010, according to the new study.
By measuring the thickness of the ice laid down each year, the researchers estimated annual snow accumulation for the past 300 years.
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The hydrology of the FRB is dominated by snow accumulation and melt processes, leading to a prominent annual peak streamflow invariably occurring in June — July.
The hydrology of the FRB is dominated by snow accumulation and melt processes, leading to a prominent annual peak streamflow invariably occurring in June - July.
Annual mass balance is the difference between winter snow and ice accumulation on a glacier, and summer snow and ice loss from a glacier during a given year.