Central tropical Pacific convection drives extreme high temperatures and surface melt on the Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula

Kyle R. Clem; Deniz Bozkurt; Daemon Kennett; John C. King; John Turner

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31119-4

Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

Central tropical Pacific convection drives extreme high temperatures and surface melt on the Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula

Kyle R. Clem,
Deniz Bozkurt,
Daemon Kennett,
John C. King,
John Turner

Affiliations

Kyle R. Clem: School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
Deniz Bozkurt: Department of Meteorology, University of Valparaíso
Daemon Kennett: School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
John C. King: British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council
John Turner: British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31119-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Landfalling atmospheric rivers on the Antarctic Peninsula, which lead to strong surface melting that can cause ice shelf collapse, have been linked to localized deep convection in the central tropical Pacific northeast of Fiji.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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