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Firn Processes

Firn Processes is the geophysical transformation sequence in which snow undergoes densification, recrystallization, and pore closure under the influence of temperature gradients, overburden pressure, and meltwater percolation, ultimately transitioning into glacial ice within the porous, intergranular medium of firn.

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An improved semi-empirical model for the densification of Antarctic firn

Stefan Ligtenberg, M. M. Helsen, M. R. van den Broeke · ˜The œcryosphere · 2011 · 413 citations · Full text

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Extensive liquid meltwater storage in firn within the Greenland ice sheet

R. R. Forster, Jason E. Box, M. R. van den Broeke et al. · Nature Geoscience · 2013 · 313 citations

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Modeling the densification of polar firn including heat diffusion: Application to close‐off characteristics and gas isotopic fractionation for Antarctica and Greenland sites

C. Goujon, J. M. Barnola, Catherine Ritz · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2003 · 292 citations · Full text

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Greenland meltwater storage in firn limited by near-surface ice formation

Horst Machguth, D. van As, Jason E. Box et al. · Nature Climate Change · 2016 · 269 citations · Full text

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Diffusion of stable isotopes in polar firn and ice: the isotope effect in firn diffusion

S. J. Johnsen, Henrik Clausen, Kurt M. Cuffey et al. · Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers (Hokkaido University) · 2000 · 253 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. MR
    M. R. van den Broeke

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    14 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. RB
    Richard B. Alley

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    12 publications · 913 citations

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  3. SL
    Stefan Ligtenberg

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    10 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. CM
    C. Max Stevens

    University of Washington, United States

    9 publications · 603 citations

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  5. PK
    Peter Kuipers Munneke

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    8 publications · 712 citations

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184

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    18 h-index

    67 publications

    5.2K citations

  2. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    16 h-index

    39 publications

    2.9K citations

  3. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    16 h-index

    57 publications

    6.8K citations

  4. Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement

    Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France

    13 h-index

    43 publications

    3.2K citations

  5. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    12 h-index

    19 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. Earth and Space Research

    Seattle, United States

    12 h-index

    31 publications

    2.3K citations

  7. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    10 h-index

    25 publications

    716 citations

  8. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    9 h-index

    15 publications

    1.3K citations

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  1. Journal of Glaciology

    28 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. ˜The œcryosphere

    18 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. Annals of Glaciology

    17 publications · 805 citations

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    11 publications · 774 citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 7 publications · 960 citations

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