Spatial variability and regional trends of Antarctic ice shelf surface melt duration over 1979–2020 derived from passive microwave data

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Andrew Johnson, Regine Hock, Mark Fahnestock
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2022
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Dronning Maud Land; West Antarctica; Bellingshausen Sea; Ross Ice Shelf; Wilkes Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.112; https://doaj.org/article/c8e9953466a94aa8964791fdf4b48228

Passive microwave satellite observations are used to identify the presence of surface meltwater across Antarctica at daily intervals from July 1979 to June 2020, with a focus on ice shelves. Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves have the highest number of annual days of melt, with a maximum of 89 days. Ov...