Communications Earth & Environment (Jun 2022)

The circum-Antarctic ice-shelves respond to a more positive Southern Annular Mode with regionally varied melting

  • Deborah Verfaillie,
  • Charles Pelletier,
  • Hugues Goosse,
  • Nicolas C. Jourdain,
  • Christopher Y. S. Bull,
  • Quentin Dalaiden,
  • Vincent Favier,
  • Thierry Fichefet,
  • Jonathan D. Wille

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00458-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Positive phases of the Southern Annular Mode lead to enhanced basal melt overall in the Antarctic ice shelves, with strong losses in the Bellingshausen and Western Pacific sectors and gains in the Amundsen Sea, according to ice-ocean model experiments.