Trends in long-term synoptic observations of clouds and precipitation at Vernadsky

• Main Author: Kirchgaessner, AC
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Atmospheric Sciences; Meteorology and Climatology; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Faraday; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://cedadocs.ceda.ac.uk/354/; http://cedadocs.ceda.ac.uk/354/1/RMetS_Poster.ppt

Reanalysis data shows as a consequence a significant reduction in sea ice in the area of the Western Antarctic Peninsula. This is thought to have caused the temperature increase observed in the records, which make the Western Antarctic Peninsula one of the fastest warming regions on Earth. Recently...