Transition from a subaerial to a subnival permafrost temperature regime following increased snow cover (Livingston Island, maritime antarctic)

• Published in: Atmosphere
• Main Authors: Ramos, Miguel, Vieira, G., de Pablo, M.A., Molina, A., Jimenez, J.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Livingston Island; The Antarctic; Active layer thickness; Antarc*; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/234413; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11121332

The Antarctic Peninsula (AP) region has been one of the regions on Earth with strongest warming since 1950. However, the northwest of the AP showed a cooling from 2000 to 2015, which had local consequences with an increase in snow accumulation and a deceleration in the loss of mass from glaciers. In...