Dominant role of vertical air flows in the unprecedented warming on the Antarctic Peninsula in February 2020
Abstract Near-surface air temperature at the Argentinian research base Esperanza on the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula reached 18.3 °C on 6 February 2020, which is the highest temperature ever recorded on the entire Antarctic continent. Here we use weather observations since 1973 together w...
Published in: | Communications Earth & Environment |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
2021
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00203-w http://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00203-w.pdf http://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00203-w |