The effects of joint ENSO–Antarctic Oscillation forcing on the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Bertler, N.A.N., Naish, T.R., Oerter, H., Kipfstuhl, S., Barrett, P.J., Mayewski, P.A., Kreutz, K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2006
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; The Antarctic; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Soi; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102006000551; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102006000551

Stable oxygen analyses and snow accumulation rates from snow pits sampled in the McMurdo Dry Valleys have been used to reconstruct variations in summer temperature and moisture availability over the last four decades. The temperature data show a common interannual variability, with strong regional w...