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Shuman et al. 1997

Shuman, C.A., Alley, R.B., Fahnestock, M.A., Fawcett, P.J., Bindschadler, R.A., White, J.W.C., Grootes, P.M., Anandakrishnan, S. and Stearns, C.R. (1997). Detection and monitoring of stratigraphic markers and temperature trends at the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 using passive-microwave remote-sensing data. Journal of Geophysical Research 102: doi: 10.1029/96JC02323. issn: 0148-0227.

Satellite passive-microwave sensors provide a sensitive means of studying ice-sheet surface processes that assists ice-core interpretation and can extend local observations across regional scales. Analysis of special sensor microwave/imager (SSM/I) brightness temperature (TB) data supports ice-core research in two specific ways. First, the summer hoar complex layers used to date the Holocene portion of the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 ice core can be defined temporally and spatially by SSM/I 37-GHz vertically (V) and horizontally (H) polarized B ratio (V/H) trends. Second, comparison of automatic weather station temperatures to SSM/I 37-GHz V TB data shows that they are an effective proxy temperature record in this region. Also, the TB data can be correlated with proxy temperature trends from stable-isotope-ratio (Δ18O and ΔD) profiles from snow pits and this allows the assignment of dates to specific snow depths. ¿ 1997 American Geophysical Union

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Keywords
Hydrology, Glaciology, Hydrology, Snow and ice, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Climatology, Hydrology, Instruments and techniques

Journal
Journal of Geophysical Research
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American Geophysical Union
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