Near surface firn density

Modelled (IMAU Firn Density Model) near-surface (0-1 m depth) firn density. Forced at top by RACMO2.3p1 mass fluxes and skin temperature. Averaging period:1979-2011.

Unit: kg m-3.

Ligtenberg, S. R. M., M. M. Helsen and M. R. van den Broeke, 2011: An improved semi-empirical model for the densification of Antarctic firn, The Cryosphere 5, 809-819, doi: doi:10.5194/tc-5-809-2011.
https://www.the-cryosphere.net/5/809/2011/tc-5-809-2011.html

Downloaded
25 November 2016
Data provided as X,Y,VALUE points table. Original resolution: ~27 km, resampled to 35km during import and reprojection.  Imported to SHP and then gridded with gdal_grid at 33km resolution.

Editor
Glaciology
Michiel van den Broeke
m.r.vandenbroeke@uu.nl

Author
Stefan Ligtenberg
S.R.M.Ligtenberg@uu.nlRR