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Reliable predictions of sea level rise require a quantitative understanding of the mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet. Water vapor exchange between snow and the atmospheric boundary layer may be an important term in the mass balance equation but curre ...
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Snow precipitation frequently occurs under moderate to strong wind conditions, resulting in drifting and blowing snow. Processes like particle fragmentation and airborne metamorphism during snow transport result in microstructural modifications of the ulti ...
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