Central tropical Pacific convection drives extreme high temperatures and surface melt on the Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula

Landfalling atmospheric rivers on the Antarctic Peninsula, which lead to strong surface melting that can cause ice shelf collapse, have been linked to localized deep convection in the central tropical Pacific northeast of Fiji.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Authors: Kyle R. Clem, Deniz Bozkurt, Daemon Kennett, John C. King, John Turner
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022
Subjects:
Science
Q
Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
Pacific
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Ice Shelf
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31119-4
https://doaj.org/article/dddbb46b943148e185725c767ea495ff
Description
Summary:Landfalling atmospheric rivers on the Antarctic Peninsula, which lead to strong surface melting that can cause ice shelf collapse, have been linked to localized deep convection in the central tropical Pacific northeast of Fiji.

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