January 2016 extensive summer melt in West Antarctica favoured by strong El Niño

Sporadic surface melt over the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is not fully understood. Here, the authors report on an extensive melting episode in the Ross Ice Shelf area in 2016 and use comprehensivein situobservations and model simulations to highlight the role of the strong El Niño event.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Julien P. Nicolas, Andrew M. Vogelmann, Ryan C. Scott, Aaron B. Wilson, Maria P. Cadeddu, David H. Bromwich, Johannes Verlinde, Dan Lubin, Lynn M. Russell, Colin Jenkinson, Heath H. Powers, Maciej Ryczek, Gregory Stone, Jonathan D. Wille
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
Subjects:
Science
Q
Antarctic
Ross Ice Shelf
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
West Antarctica
Antarc*
Antarctica
Ice Sheet
Ice Shelf
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15799
https://doaj.org/article/47714b26c4004659bd7cc4314c9fb8ae
Description
Summary:Sporadic surface melt over the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is not fully understood. Here, the authors report on an extensive melting episode in the Ross Ice Shelf area in 2016 and use comprehensivein situobservations and model simulations to highlight the role of the strong El Niño event.

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