Major Modes of Climate Variability Dominate Nonlinear Antarctic Ice‐Sheet Elevation Changes 2002–2020
Abstract We explore the links between elevation variability of the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) and large‐scale climate modes. Using multiple linear regression, we quantify the time‐cumulative effects of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) on gridded AIS elevations....
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:ea21b97445ea493293c675a192c52c8e 2024-09-15T17:39:07+00:00 Major Modes of Climate Variability Dominate Nonlinear Antarctic Ice‐Sheet Elevation Changes 2002–2020 Matt A. King Poul Christoffersen 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL108844 https://doaj.org/article/ea21b97445ea493293c675a192c52c8e EN eng Wiley https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL108844 https://doaj.org/toc/0094-8276 https://doaj.org/toc/1944-8007 1944-8007 0094-8276 doi:10.1029/2024GL108844 https://doaj.org/article/ea21b97445ea493293c675a192c52c8e Geophysical Research Letters, Vol 51, Iss 12, Pp n/a-n/a (2024) climate variability ice elevation Antarctic GRACE ENSO SAM Geophysics. Cosmic physics QC801-809 article 2024 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL108844 2024-08-05T17:49:07Z Abstract We explore the links between elevation variability of the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) and large‐scale climate modes. Using multiple linear regression, we quantify the time‐cumulative effects of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) on gridded AIS elevations. Cumulative ENSO and SAM explain a median of 29% of the partial variance and up to 85% in some coastal areas. After spatial smoothing, these signals have high spatial correlation with those from GRACE gravimetry (r∼ = 0.65 each). Much of the signal is removed by a firn densification model but inter‐model differences exist especially for ENSO. At the lower parts of the Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers, near their grounding line, we find the Amundsen Sea Low (ASL) explains ∼90% of the observed elevation variability. There, modeled firn effects explain only a small fraction of the variability, suggesting significant height changes could be a response to climatological ice‐dynamics. Article in Journal/Newspaper Amundsen Sea Antarc* Antarctic Ice Sheet Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Geophysical Research Letters 51 12 |
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Abstract We explore the links between elevation variability of the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) and large‐scale climate modes. Using multiple linear regression, we quantify the time‐cumulative effects of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) on gridded AIS elevations. Cumulative ENSO and SAM explain a median of 29% of the partial variance and up to 85% in some coastal areas. After spatial smoothing, these signals have high spatial correlation with those from GRACE gravimetry (r∼ = 0.65 each). Much of the signal is removed by a firn densification model but inter‐model differences exist especially for ENSO. At the lower parts of the Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers, near their grounding line, we find the Amundsen Sea Low (ASL) explains ∼90% of the observed elevation variability. There, modeled firn effects explain only a small fraction of the variability, suggesting significant height changes could be a response to climatological ice‐dynamics. |
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Major Modes of Climate Variability Dominate Nonlinear Antarctic Ice‐Sheet Elevation Changes 2002–2020 |
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Major Modes of Climate Variability Dominate Nonlinear Antarctic Ice‐Sheet Elevation Changes 2002–2020 |
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Major Modes of Climate Variability Dominate Nonlinear Antarctic Ice‐Sheet Elevation Changes 2002–2020 |
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Major Modes of Climate Variability Dominate Nonlinear Antarctic Ice‐Sheet Elevation Changes 2002–2020 |
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Major Modes of Climate Variability Dominate Nonlinear Antarctic Ice‐Sheet Elevation Changes 2002–2020 |
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major modes of climate variability dominate nonlinear antarctic ice‐sheet elevation changes 2002–2020 |
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