[15200477 - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society] AWARE in West Antarctica_ Clouds, climate, and critical ice melt.pdf (6.33 MB)
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posted on 2022-01-13, 15:01 authored by D Lubin, D Zhang, I Silber, RC Scott, P Kalogeras, A Battaglia, DH Bromwich, M Cadeddu, E Eloranta, A Fridlind, A Frossard, KM Hines, S Kneifel, WR Leaitch, W Lin, J Nicolas, H Powers, PK Quinn, P Rowe, LM Russell, S Sharma, J Verlinde, AM VogelmannRapid climate change on the West Antarctic Ice
Sheet (WAIS) has challenged previous explanations of Antarctic climate change that focused
on strengthening of circumpolar westerlies. A recent
study linked surface melting conditions on the WAIS to
atmospheric blocking over the Amundsen Sea region
and to a negative phase of the southern annular mode,
both of which correlate with El Niño in the tropical
Pacific. [Opening paragraph]
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Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS), 101 (10), pp892-898Author affiliation
Department of Physics and AstronomyVersion
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