Impact of Clouds and Large-Scale Climate Forcing on the Surface Energy Balance and Melting of West Antarctica

• Main Author: Scott, Ryan
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2018
• Subjects: Atmospheric sciences; Physical oceanography; Climate change; Climate Dynamics; Cloud Physics; Ice Shelves; Radiation; Surface Melting; West Antarctica; Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Pacific; Ross Ice Shelf; Ross Island; Southern Ocean; Thwaites Glacier; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Pine Island; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4ks5j8gz

West Antarctica is experiencing rapid ice loss and complex regional climate change. This dissertation investigates how cloud properties and the large-scale atmospheric circulation influence surface heat exchange and melting on West Antarctic ice shelves and ice sheet margins using field measurements...