Tropical pacific influence on the source and transport of marine aerosols to West antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Climate
• Main Authors: Criscitiello, Alison S., Das, Sarah B., Karnauskas, Kristopher B., Evans, Matthew J., Frey, Karen E., Joughin, Ian, Steig, Eric J., Mcconnell, Joseph R., Medley, Brooke
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Clark Digital Commons 2014
• Subjects: aerosol; atmospheric circulation; atmospheric forcing; atmospheric transport; marine atmosphere; Rossby wave; sea ice; sea level pressure; sea surface temperature; spatial variation; temperature anomaly; temporal variation; warming; wind velocity; Atmospheric Sciences; Oceanography; Amundsen Coast; Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Island Bay; Pacific; Pine Island Bay; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Pine Island; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_geography/222; https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00148.1; https://commons.clarku.edu/context/faculty_geography/article/1221/viewcontent/GeogFacWorks_Frey_Tropical_2014.pdf

The climate of West Antarctica is strongly influenced by remote forcing from the tropical Pacific. For example, recent surface warming over West Antarctica reflects atmospheric circulation changes over the Amundsen Sea, driven by an atmospheric Rossby wave response to tropical sea surface temperatur...