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Intense atmospheric rivers can weaken ice shelf stability at the Antarctic Peninsula

Authors :
Jonathan D. Wille
Vincent Favier
Nicolas C. Jourdain
Christoph Kittel
Jenny V. Turton
Cécile Agosta
Irina V. Gorodetskaya
Ghislain Picard
Francis Codron
Christophe Leroy-Dos Santos
Charles Amory
Xavier Fettweis
Juliette Blanchet
Vincent Jomelli
Antoine Berchet
Source :
Communications Earth & Environment, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2022.

Abstract

The most intense atmospheric rivers to hit the Antarctic Peninsula induce extremes in temperature, surface melt, sea ice disintegration or swell that destabilize the ice shelves with 40% probability, suggest analyses of observations and regional climate model simulations.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
26624435
Volume :
3
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Communications Earth & Environment
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.5368f71a0e2b4983bc8f61cdd9080f57
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00422-9