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

• 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

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.