King (2006), The impact of a changing Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode on Antarctic Peninsula summer temperatures

• Main Authors: Gareth J. Marshall, Andrew Orr, Nicole P. M. Van Lipzig, John C. King
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Larsen Ice Shelf; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.473.7377

Since the mid-1960s, rapid regional summer warming has occurred on the east coast of the northern Antarctic Peninsula, with near-surface temperatures increasing by more than 2°C. This warming has con-tributed significantly to the collapse of the northern sections of the Larsen Ice Shelf. Coincident...