Layer Abstract

Monaghan, A. J., D. H. Bromwich, and S.-H. Wang. 2006. Recent trends in Antarctic snow accumulation from Polar MM5 simulations. Philisophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 364: 1683-1708. Data provided by the Ohio State University, Byrd Polar Research Center, Polar Meteorology Group, Columbus, Ohio USA. Available at http://polarmet.mps.ohio-state.edu/PolarMet/ant_hindcast.html. Accessed 10 August 2008. Background: Polar MM5, a mesoscale atmospheric model optimized for use over polar ice sheets, is employed to simulate Antarctic accumulation in recent decades by subtracting model-simulated precipitation from sublimation. Negative values therefore indicate areas where sublimation is greater than precipitation. Resolution: 60 km.

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The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Antarctic Cryosphere Access Portal (A-CAP) is a map server that provides data and information pertinent to the frozen regions of the Antarctic ice sheet and the Southern Ocean, including monthly climatologies of sea ice extent and concentration, ice sheet elevation and accumulation, satellite imagery, and more. In addition to providing map images and source data through Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) protocols--Web Map Service (WMS), Web Feature Service (WFS), and Web Coverage Service (WCS)--a dynamic Web interface for exploring these data is also available at http://nsidc.org/agdc/acap/. If you have questions, comments or suggestions, please contact NSIDC User Services at +1.303.492.6199 or nsidc@nsidc.org.

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