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Ice-shelf elevation changes due to atmospheric pressure variations

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Abstract

The inverse barometer effect (IBE) is the isostatic response of ocean surface height to changes in atmospheric pressure (Pair) at a rate of about 1 cm hPa-1. The IBE is a significant contributor to variability of ice-shelf surface elevation (ηice), as we demonstrate with simultaneous global positioning system measurements of ηice and local measurements of Pair from the Amery, Brunt and Ross Ice Shelves, Antarctica. We find that an IBE correction is justified for frequencies (ω) covering the "weather band", 0.03 < ω < 0.5 cpd (cycles per day). The IBE correction reduces the standard deviation of the weather-band signal of ηice from ∼9 cm to ∼3 cm. With this correction, the largest remaining high-frequency error signal in ηice is the inaccuracy of the present generation of Antarctic tide models, estimated to be of order 10 cm for most of Antarctica.


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Author(s): Padman L, King MA, Goring D, Corr H, Coleman R

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Journal of Glaciology

Year: 2003

Volume: 49

Issue: 167

Pages: 521-526

ISSN (print): 0022-1430

ISSN (electronic): 1727-5652

Publisher: International Glaciological Society

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3189/172756503781830386

DOI: 10.3189/172756503781830386


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