Detection and monitoring of stratigraphic markers and temperature trends at the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 using passive-microwave remote-sensing data

C. A. Shuman; R. B. Alley; M. A. Fahnestock; P. J. Fawcett; R. A. Bindschadler; J. W.C. White; P. M. Grootes; S. Anandakrishnan; C. R. Stearns

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Detection and monitoring of stratigraphic markers and temperature trends at the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 using passive-microwave remote-sensing data

C. A. Shuman
, R. B. Alley
, M. A. Fahnestock
, P. J. Fawcett
, R. A. Bindschadler
, J. W.C. White
, P. M. Grootes
, S. Anandakrishnan
, C. R. Stearns

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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 (T_B) 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 T_B data shows that they are an effective proxy temperature record in this region. Also, the 7_B 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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	26877-26886
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Volume	102
Issue number	C12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1029/96JC02323
State	Published - Nov 30 1997

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Geochemistry and Petrology
Geophysics
Oceanography
Space and Planetary Science
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

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Shuman, C. A., Alley, R. B., Fahnestock, M. A., Fawcett, P. J., Bindschadler, R. A., White, J. W. C., Grootes, P. M., Anandakrishnan, S., & 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: Oceans, 102(C12), 26877-26886. https://doi.org/10.1029/96JC02323

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Detection and monitoring of stratigraphic markers and temperature trends at the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 using passive-microwave remote-sensing data. / Shuman, C. A.; Alley, R. B.; Fahnestock, M. A. et al.
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