Aware in West Antarctica: Clouds, climate, and critical ice melt

• Main Authors: D Lubin, D Zhang, I Silber, RC Scott, P Kalogeras, A Battaglia, DH Bromwich, M Cadeddu, E Eloranta, A Fridlind, A Frossard, KM Hines, S Kneifel, WR Leaitch, W Lin, J Nicolas, H Powers, PK Quinn, P Rowe, LM Russell, S Sharma, J Verlinde, AM Vogelmann
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Uncategorized; Uncategorised value; Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Pacific; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Aware_in_West_Antarctica_Clouds_climate_and_critical_ice_melt/17257508

Rapid climate change on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) has challenged previous explanations of Antarctic climate change that focused on strengthening of circumpolar westerlies. A recent study linked surface melting conditions on the WAIS to atmospheric blocking over the Amundsen Sea region and to a negative phase of the southern annular mode, both of which correlate with El Niño in the tropical Pacific. [Opening paragraph]