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Fig. 3 Accumulation rates at NGT sites versus. a Altitude, b latitude and c longitude

bearing air masses come generally from the west or southwest originating in
cyclones forming in the Hudson or Baf in Bay (Chen et al. 1997 ). They loose most

moisture on the coast in front of and on the slopes to the inland ice plateau. East of
the ice divide in its wind shadow and at similar or even slightly descending altitude
the amount of precipitation is reduced.
Changes in the accumulation rates over the last 400

800 years are given in
Table 3 and displayed in Fig. 4 . Except for the 33 years lasting period between the

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