Climatology and surface impacts of atmospheric rivers on West Antarctica

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Maclennan, Michelle L., Lenaerts, Jan T. M., Shields, Christine A., Hoffman, Andrew O., Wever, Nander, Thompson-Munson, Megan, Winters, Andrew C., Pettit, Erin C., Scambos, Theodore A., Wille, Jonathan D.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Byrd; Marie Byrd Land; Merra; The Antarctic; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-865-2023; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/865/2023/

Atmospheric rivers (ARs) transport large amounts of moisture from the mid- to high-latitudes and they are a primary driver of the most extreme snowfall events, along with surface melting, in Antarctica. In this study, we characterize the climatology and surface impacts of ARs on West Antarctica, foc...